General Cepeda, Mexico
General Cepeda is a town of 4,382 people in Coahuila, Mexico, founded in December 29, 1892.
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About General Cepeda
General Cepeda is a city and seat of the municipality of General Cepeda, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila. The town is named after Victoriano Cepeda Camacho (1826-1892), a general and a governor of Coahuila. Until 1892, the town was named San Francisco de los Patos and had been the headquarters for two of the largest estates in all of the Americas. In 2023, General Cepeda was designated a Pueblo Mágico by the Mexican government, recognizing its cultural and historical importance.
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History
Until 1892, General Cepeda was named San Francisco de los Patos. Patos was established in 1575 and initially the land was owned by Francisco de Urdiñola. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, the "splendid hacienda" in the town was the headquarters of two of the largest latifundios (land holdings) in the Americas. Urdiñola began what came to be called the Marquisate of San Miguel de Aguayo which, after bankruptcy, was purchased by the Sánchez Navarro family in 1840. After the expropriation of the Sánchez Navarro latifundio in 1866, the Patos headquarters became the municipal building of General Cepeda.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 58 km away.
- El Derramadero 22 km southeast, about 22 min by car
- San Juan de la Vaquería 29 km southeast, about 29 min by car
- Agua Nueva 44 km southeast, about 44 min by car
- Saltillo 50 km east, about 50 min by car
- Ramos Arizpe 56 km east, about 56 min by car
- Cuatro de Octubre 59 km east, about 59 min by car
- Melchor Ocampo 63 km south, about 1 h by car
- Arteaga 64 km east, about 1 h by car
- Huachichil 68 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Parras de la Fuente 71 km west, about 1 h 15 min by car
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- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Plaza de Miguel Hidalgo en General Cepeda, MikSed, CC BY 4.0
- Templo de San Francisco de Asís, General Cepeda, Marioli925, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Presidencia municipal de General Cepeda, Coahuila, MikSed, CC BY 4.0
- Templo de San Francisco de Asís, Villa de Patos, Fernandoalectormolina, CC BY-SA 4.0
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