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词条 Comarca Lagunera
释义

  1. Geography

     Municipalities  Territory  Borders  Hydrology  Nazas River  Aguanaval River  Other  Orography 

  2. History

  3. Weather

  4. Population

  5. Economy

  6. Education

  7. See also

  8. Further reading

  9. References

  10. External links

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Altitude 1,120 meters (3,674 ft)
Latitude 24° 22' North
Longitude 102° 22' West
UTC –6 GMT (Central Time)
Telephone area codes +52 (Country) 871 and 872
Airport Name and Code Francisco Sarabia International Airport (TRC)
Sources: INEGI

The Comarca Lagunera or La Comarca de la Laguna ("region of lagoons") is a region of northern Mexico occupying large portions of the states of Durango and Coahuila, with rich soils produced by periodic flooding of the Nazas and Aguanaval rivers. Neither river drains into either the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, but rather they created a series of inland lakes. The region was developed for large-scale irrigated cotton agriculture. During the Mexican Revolution, the region was the site of fierce fighting. Following the military phase of the Revolution, the region was part of the agrarian reform under President Lázaro Cárdenas. The dam named for Cárdenas now controls flooding of the rivers, but the groundwater resources are no longer recharged as a result.[1] It is the 8th largest metropolitan area in Mexico.

Geography

Municipalities

The Comarca Lagunera is formed by 15 municipios; 5 in Coahuila (Torreón Municipality, Matamoros Municipality, San Pedro Municipality, Francisco I. Madero Municipality, Viesca Municipality) and 10 in Durango (Gómez Palacio Municipality, Lerdo Municipality, Tlahualilo Municipality, Mapimí Municipality, Rodeo Municipality, Nazas Municipality, San Juan de Guadalupe Municipality, San Luis del Cordero Municipality, General Simón Bolívar, San Pedro del Gallo Municipality).

Territory

It covers an area of {{cvt|44,887|km2}} out of which {{cvt|22,031|km2}} belong to Coahuila and {{cvt|25,856|km2}} to Durango, which makes it 2.5 percent of the national area.

Borders

It borders north with the state of Chihuahua, and with Sierra Mojada Municipality and Cuatrociénegas Municipality of Coahuila, to the west with Indé Municipality and Hidalgo Municipality in Durango, to the southwest with the state of Zacatecas and to the east with Parras Municipality in Coahuila.

This polygon is located in the north-central part of Mexico, between the parallels 24° 22' and 26° 23' North and meridians 102° 22' and 104° 47' West in the southernmost part of the Bolsón de Mapimí.

The average altitude of the region is of {{convert|1,139|m|sp=us}}.

Hydrology

The Comarca Lagunera is subject to periodic flooding due to the overflowing of its principal rivers.

Nazas River

The Nazas River, average flow of 1,900 cubic meters per second, is formed from the merging of the Sextín River and the Ramos River. In its transit towards the Laguna de Mayrán it is contained in the Lázaro Cárdenas dam (3,336 million cubic meters). In its course it receives the flows of the Vizcaíno, Peñón, San Juan, Naitcha and Cuencamé creeks, and finally stops at the Francisco Zarco Dam (436 million cubic meters).

Aguanaval River

The Aguanaval River, which has an average flow of 600 cubic meters per second, is formed from the fusion of the Saín Alto River and Trujillo River in Zacatecas. It receives the flows of the Reyes, Santiago and Mazamitote creeks.

Other

There are other important hydrologic components in the Comarca Lagunera region. The Benjamín Ortega Cantero dam in the municipio of Mapimí, the Francisco González de la Vega dam in Rodeo, the Los Naranjos dam in Simón Bolívar and the Cinco de Mayo dam in San Pedro del Gallo.

Also, the Mayrán and Viesca lagoons are big natural dams that constitute dry beds at the moment, and are unable to be filled due to the dams located in the Nazas River for the Mayrán lagoon and the city of Matamoros being in the Aguanaval River's flood path.

Orography

The region is conformed by a large and truncated mountain range, in which several prominent features can be seen constituted by sedimentary rock from the Mesozoic, where important marble and other non-ferrous minerals are exploited. The most important features within the Comarca Lagunera are the Sierra de Jimulco (altitude of 3,120 m), the Sierra del Rosario (altitude of 2,820 m), and the Sierra de Tlahualilo (altitude of 2,200 m).

History

In the 1980s, proposals began being made that Comarca Lagunera become Mexico's 33rd state, separating from Coahuila and Durango. In the late 1980s, three unsuccessful attempts were made in Congress to approve Comarca Laguna's statehood. Discussions have continued for decades, with no progress, until 2013, when a project named ELLA (Estado de La Laguna) presented the government with an updated proposal, arguing that statehood would help alleviate the issues of drought and poverty that plague the area. They say that the states of Durango and Coahuila provide a disproportionately small share of funding compared to what the region provides in taxes, labor and production. The group gathered over 500,000 petition signatures in support of the proposal. In January 2014, the Mexican government responded, agreeing to take the proposal under consideration.[2]{{Clarify timeframe|date=August 2018|reason=4 years have already passed; what is the verdict from the federal government?}}

Weather

It has average heat throughout the year, with an average temperature of 22 °C (72 °F) and extreme dryness, with an average rainfall of 300 mm (12 in). There is an average of 22 cold days a year, with temperatures ranging lows of 0 °C (32 °F) and highs of 40 °C (104 °F)

Population

The economic rise of the Comarca Lagunera is centralized in an urban center formed by the cities of Lerdo, Gómez Palacio, and Torreón. This major settlement has, as of 2000, a population of 1,249,442, out of which 912,822 are located in the urban area and 336,620 in rural settlements, making it the 8th largest metropolitan area in Mexico  .

Economy

The Comarca Lagunera is Mexico's most important milk producer with a 14 percent of the national production of milk, 3.6 million liters of milk a day. And within the city of Torreón lies the largest silver refinery of the world, Met-Mex Peñoles.

The Comarca is an important producer of raw materials and finished products: among which are cement, fertilizers, non-ferrous metals, marble, milk-derivates, among others.

One of the most important activities is that of the maquiladora (assembly plant) industry of clothing, car parts and electrical components.

Education

The region has a total of 32 professional studies centers, universities, community colleges, and technical institutes. The most important in the region are the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, the Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Laguna, the Universidad Iberoamericana, Universidad Autónoma de la Laguna, Universidad La Salle and the Tecnológico de la Laguna.

See also

Index of Mexico-related articles

Further reading

  • Carr, Barry. "The Mexican Communist Party and Agrarian Mobilization in the Laguna, 1920-1940: A Worker-Peasant Alliance?". Hispanic American Historical Review 67, no. 3 (1987), 371-404.
  • Corona Páez, Sergio Antonio. El país de La Laguna: Impacto hispano-tlaxcalteca en la forja de la Comarca Lagunera. Torreón, Mexico: Universidad Iberoamericana 2011.
  • Meyers, William K. Forge of Progress, Crucible of Revolt: Origins of the Mexican Revolution in La Comarca Lagunera 1880-1911. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1994.
  • Meyers, William K. "Seasons of Rebellion: Nature, Cotton Production and the Dynamics of Revolution in La Laguna, Mexico 1910-1916." Journal of Latin American Studies 30. no. 1 (1998) 63-94.
  • Wolfe, Mikael D. Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico. Durham: Duke University Press 2017.Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico. Durham: Duke University Press 2017.

References

1. ^Mikael D. Wolfe.Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico. Durham: Duke University Press 2017.
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2014/la-comarca-lagunera-busca-su-independencia-990980.html|title=La Comarca Lagunera busca su independencia|last=Proa|first=Enrique|publisher=El Universal|date=2014-02-28|access-date=2016-07-27}}
  • {{cite journal | author=Rodrigo Díaz Contreras | title=La Región Lagunera y su Zona Conurbada | journal=Siglo Nuevo | date=31 December 2005 | volume=8 | issue=7 | pages= 18–19 | url= }}

External links

  • Government of Torreón
  • Government of Gomez Palacio
  • Government of Ciudad Lerdo
  • ComarcaLagunera.Com
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