Why visit Madera
Townapedia lists 4 museums and landmarks, 6 places to eat and 5 places to stay in and around town.
Highlights include Museo el Porvenir.
Weather in Madera
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About Madera
Madera, also known as Ciudad Madera, is a town and seat of the municipality of Madera in the mountains of the northwestern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the city of Madera had a population of 15,447, up from 15,267 as of 2005.
From the Wikipedia article Ciudad Madera (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Travel tips from other travellers: Madera on Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Museums and landmarks4
Restaurants and cafes6
Where to stay5
Churches and places of worship4
Catedral San Pedro
Church · Roman Catholic
102 Calle Primera, chihuahua
History
Madera has been the starting point of the Cabalgata Binacional Villista (see cavalcade).
Madera is also the place where on September 23, 1965, a guerrilla attack on the military took place; this gave the name to the "Liga 23 de Septiembre," an urban socialist guerrilla group that took the name to commemorate what they considered their martyrs. Chihuahua governor Práxedes Giner Durán ordered the bodies to be buried in a mass grave.
From the History section of Ciudad Madera on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shopping1
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Healthcare2
Map of Madera
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Getting there and nearby towns
- Nicolás Bravo 27 km northeast, about 27 min by car
- Las Varas (Estación Babícora) 34 km north, about 34 min by car
- San José Babícora 39 km east, about 39 min by car
- Temósachic 40 km southeast, about 40 min by car
- Valentín Gómez Farías 43 km northeast, about 43 min by car
- Peña Blanca 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- La Pinta 46 km east, about 46 min by car
- Mesa del Huracán 54 km north, about 54 min by car
- Matachí 54 km southeast, about 54 min by car
- El Largo 56 km north, about 56 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Graduacion de Primaria con las capuchinas - panoramio, Ana Angelica Perez F…, CC BY 3.0
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