Tamazula de Victoria is a small town and seat of the municipality of Tamazula in the Mexican state of Durango. The town is located approximately east of the city center of Culiacán, Sinaloa, in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The Tamazula River crescents directly north of the city.
Colloquially known as Tamazula, its official name is Tamazula de Victoria after the first president of Mexico's adopted last name was added. General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, and his brother Francisco Victoria were born in Tamazula. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,337
History
In the seventeenth century, Jesuit missionaries founded Mission San Ignacio de Tamazula.
Villages The municipal subdivisions of Tamazula are:
Amaculi Los Remedios El Chicural El Cocoyole Chacala El Llano El Comedero Las Juntas Las Quebradas El Río Pueblo Viejo El Carrizo Otatitlán Las Coloradas Santa Elena El Cajón La Mesa del Rodeo El Durazno La Alameda Santa Gertrudis El Tecuán Santa Barbara Cuesta Blanca Gallery
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