Santa Cruz de Rosales, Mexico
Santa Cruz de Rosales is a town of 5,570 people in Chihuahua, Mexico, founded in 1714.
Why visit Santa Cruz de Rosales
Townapedia lists 4 parks and trails and 1 place to eat in and around town.
Highlights include El Paraiso.
Weather in Santa Cruz de Rosales
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About Santa Cruz de Rosales
Santa Cruz de Rosales is a town and seat of the municipality of Rosales, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the town had a population of 5,570, up from 5,377 as of 2005
From the Wikipedia article Santa Cruz de Rosales (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds4
Restaurants and cafes1
Churches and places of worship1
Gas and EV charging1
History
The Rosales region, formed by the middle and lower reaches of the San Pedro River, was evangelized during the seventeenth century by Franciscans who settled among the indigenous Conchos and founded the Misión de San Pedro de Conchos in the mid-17th century. In 1714, the Franciscans planted a new mission with the name of Santa Cruz de Tapacolmes on the eastern side of the Río San Pedro and west of what is today the city of Delicias. The mission remained at that place until 1753, when it was relocated to its current place on the western side of the Río San Pedro, to improve defensibility from native attacks. The grounds where the new settlement was founded were donated by Sergeant Major Juan Antonio Trasviña y Retes and Nueva Vizcaya governor Manuel de San Juan y Santa Cruz. The settlement received the epithet of Tapacolmes by the Indians that Trasviña y Retes brought from the Ojinaga region to populate the settlement.
From the History section of Santa Cruz de Rosales on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schools, colleges and libraries1
Map of Santa Cruz de Rosales
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Getting there and nearby towns
General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport (CUU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 70 km away.
- Ex-Hacienda Delicias 3 km east, about 3 min by car
- El Molino 3 km southeast, about 3 min by car
- La Garita 5 km southwest, about 5 min by car
- Colonia Campesina 6 km southeast, about 6 min by car
- Kilómetro Noventa y Nueve 7 km south, about 7 min by car
- Ciudad Delicias 8 km east, about 8 min by car
- Congregación Ortíz 8 km northeast, about 8 min by car
- Pedro Meoqui 12 km northeast, about 12 min by car
- Santa Rosalía de Camargo 68 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Chihuahua 72 km northwest, about 1 h 15 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
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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
- Centro en Santa Cruz de Rosales, MikSed, CC BY 4.0
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