Miguel Auza Municipality
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Miguel Auza is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately {{convert|190|km}} northwest of the state capital of Zacatecas City.
Geography
The municipality of Miguel Auza is located at an elevation between {{convert|1800|and(-)|2600|m}} on the Mexican Plateau in northern Zacatecas. It borders the Zacatecan municipalities of Juan Aldama to the northeast, Río Grande to the southeast, and Sombrerete to the south.{{cite web |url=http://www3.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/app/mexicocifras/datos_geograficos/32/32029.pdf |title=Miguel Auza, Zacatecas |work=Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos |language=es |publisher=INEGI |year=2009 |access-date=23 January 2021}} It also borders the municipalities of Cuencamé and Santa Clara in Durango to the northwest and north respectively. The municipality covers an area of {{convert|1108.308|km2}} and comprises 1.5% of the state's area.
As of 2009, 72% of the land in Miguel Auza is used for agriculture, while the remaining land cover comprises grassland (21%), forest (3%) and matorral (3%). Most of the municipality lies in the endorheic basin of the Aguanaval River and is drained by one of its tributaries, the Santiago River, which originates at the Santiago Reservoir just west of the municipal seat.{{cite web |url=http://www.miguelauzazac.net/transparencia/art_41/fraccion_1/plan_municipal/Plan_Municipal_de_Desarrollo_2017-2018.pdf |title=Plan Municipal de Desarrollo 2017–2018 |language=es |pages=41, 69, 76, 81–82 |publisher=Miguel Auza Municipal Council |accessdate=23 January 2021}} The southwestern part of the municipality lies in the basin of the Poanas River.
Miguel Auza has a semi-arid climate with dry winters. Average temperatures in the municipality range between {{convert|12|and(-)|18|C}}, and average annual precipitation ranges between {{convert|400|and(-)|700|mm}}.
History
Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, the area of Miguel Auza was inhabited by the Zacateco people. The expedition of Francisco de Ibarra arrived in the area in 1554, founding the settlement of Real de San Miguel on 29 September. In 1770 it was renamed San Miguel de Mezquital in reference to the abundance of mesquite in the area.{{cite web |url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM32zacatecas/municipios/32029a.html |title=Miguel Auza |language=es |website=Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México |publisher=INAFED |access-date=23 January 2021}}
After Zacatecas was admitted into independent Mexico, the municipal council of Miguel Auza was established within the partido and later district of Nieves (nowadays the municipality of General Francisco R. Murguía) on 29 October 1833. It became a free municipality on 19 August 1916. During the Mexican Revolution, Battles were fought in San Miguel in 1912 and in 1915. In 1935, the municipality was renamed in honour of General Miguel Auza Arrenechea (1822–1892), who was born in Sombrerete and fought in the Reform War and at the 1863 Siege of Puebla.{{cite book |date=1996 |title=Estado de Zacatecas. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995. |url=http://internet.contenidos.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/productos/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/integracion/pais/divi_terri/1810-1985/zac/ZACATECAS.pdf |language=es |location=Mexico |publisher=INEGI |isbn=970-13-1519-7}}
Administration
The municipal government of Miguel Auza comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and thirteen trustees (regidores), eight elected by relative majority and five by proportional representation. The current president of the municipality is José Alfredo González Perales.{{cite news |last=Aparicio |first=Beatriz |date=16 October 2018 |url=https://www.alcaldesdemexico.com/notas-principales/configuracion-politica-de-zacatecas-2018-2021/ |title=Configuración política de Zacatecas 2018-2021 |language=es |magazine=Alcaldes de México |access-date=23 January 2021}}
Demographics
In the 2010 Mexican Census, the municipality of Miguel Auza recorded a population of 22,296 inhabitants living in 5075 households.{{cite web |url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=32&mun=029 |title=Resumen municipal: Municipio de Miguel Auza |language=es |website=Catálogo de Localidades |publisher=SEDESOL |access-date=23 January 2021}} The 2015 Intercensal Survey estimated a population of 23,827 inhabitants in Miguel Auza.
INEGI lists 50 localities in the municipality, of which only the municipal seat, also called Miguel Auza, is classified as urban. It recorded a population of 13,551 inhabitants in the 2010 Census.
Economy and infrastructure
Miguel Auza's economy is oriented towards the primary and secondary sectors. The main crops grown are beans and alfalfa, Miguel Auza being located in Mexico's most important bean-growing region. Beef and dairy cattle are the main livestock raised. Miguel Auza also has a facility that processes silver, lead and zinc ore obtained from the Platosa mine in Durango.{{cite web |url=https://miningdataonline.com/property/1023/La-Platosa-Mine.aspx |title=La Platosa Mine |publisher=Mining Data Online |access-date=23 January 2021}} Federal Highway 49 generally follows the eastern border of Miguel Auza with the municipality of Juan Aldama.
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