Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua

Santa Eulalia
Toun
Santa Eulalia is located in Mexico
Santa Eulalia
Santa Eulalia
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 28°35′38″N 105°53′16″W / 28.59389°N 105.88778°W / 28.59389; -105.88778
Kintra Mexico
StateChihuahua
MunicipalityAquiles Serdán
Foondit1652
Elevation
1700 m (5,600 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total2,089
Area code(s)614
DemonymSantaeulaliense

Santa Eulalia is a toun an seat of the municipality o Aquiles Serdán, in the northren Mexican state o Chihuahua. As o 2005, the toun haed a total population o 2,089.[1]

Foondit in 1652 bi Diego del Castillo, it is ane o the auldest settlements in the state.

Minin began in the Santa Eulalia Minin Destrict in the early 1700s. Early production wis primarily siller. Mair recently, the mines hae producit zinc an lead. Production haes been intermittent syne the 1990s.[2]

References

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  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Principales resultados por localidad 2005 (ITER). Retrieved on October 13, 2008
  2. Mexican Mining Rail Excursion Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, Mining Engineering, 1982
Rhodochrosite specimen frae Santa Eulalia