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[1]
History
In the seventeenth century, Jesuit missionaries founded Mission San Ignacio de Tamazula.[2]
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
Cactus Cardon Guajiro and Corn at Sunset after a summer thunderstorm in Tamazula, Durango
Hillside view looking East
Templo San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church
Interior view of San Ignacio de Layola Catholic Church altar in 2013
^Deeds, Susan M. (1 August 2003). Defiance and Deference in Mexico's Colonial North: Indians Under Spanish Rule in Nueva Vizcaya. University of Texas Press. pp. 57–58, 161. ISBN978-0-292-70551-7.