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unusual facts about Tierra Blanca, Guanajuato



Agustín Ramírez

Born in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, Mexico, Agustín attended Seminario "Misioneros de María Niña" (an all-boys Catholic prep school), where he sang in the choir along with his brother and fellow Los Caminantes member Brígido Ramírez.

Agustín Ramírez (born August 28, 1952 in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato) is a Mexican singer-songwriter, co-founder and frontman of the Mexican musical group Los Caminantes.

Alfeñique

Today, the main production center for alfenique figures are Toluca, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.

Alfonso Pulido

Alfonso Pulido Manzo (born January 23, 1957 in Tierra Blanca, Veracruz) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Álvaro Obregón, Michoacán

This town limits with the state of Guanajuato to the north, with Querendaro and Indaparapeo to the east, with Charo to the south, with Tarimbaro to the west and with Cuitzeo to the northwest.

Anastasio Bustamante

He defeated them on 14 August at Gallinero, Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, and then returned to fight Santa Anna, who was nearing Puebla.

Antonio Maceo Airport

Likewise, Pope Benedict XVI, during the second papal visit to Cuba, flew here for Mass and other activities, from his visit to León and Guanajuato in Mexico, before moving on to Havana.

Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Mancera

In other actions, the viceroy inspected the fortifications of San Juan de Ulúa, near Veracruz, and suspended work on the drainage system of Mexico City and the construction of a convent in Guanajuato for lack of money.

Cajeta

Mexican cajeta is considered a specialty of the city of Celaya in the state of Guanajuato, although it is also produced with the traditional method in several towns of the state of Jalisco, such as Mazamitla, Sayula, and Atotonilco el Alto.

Centro de Investigaciones en Optica

CIO is located in the city of Leon in the state of Guanajuato in Mexico (approximately at 21°09'12.02"N 101°42'15.84"W).

China Gansu Provincial Ensemble of the Peking Opera

The ensemble toured Mexico in 2011, performing at the Festival Internacional Vallesano de Arte y Cultura (Festival de las Almas) in Valle de Bravo and the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Guanajuato.

Christ of the Abyss

Cristo Rey del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico: a 23 metre high statue inspired by Christ the Redeemer

Christ of Vũng Tàu

Cristo Rey del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico: a 23 meter high statue inspired by Christ the Redeemer

Cobblestone

Many cities in Latin America, such as Buenos Aires, Argentina; Zacatecas and Guanajuato, in Mexico; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and Montevideo, Uruguay, richly influenced by many European architectural features, are well known for their many cobblestone streets, which are still operational and in good condition.

David Velázquez Fernández

Velazquez has presented his work in Mexico in different states such as: Jalisco, Guanajuato, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, Monterrey, Guerrero and Oaxaca.

Enrique del Moral

Enrique del Moral Dominguez (born Irapuato, Guanajuato, January 21, 1905 - died Mexico City, June 11, 1987) was a Mexican architect and an exponent of the functionalism movement, a modernist group that included Mexican artists and architects such as José Villagrán Garcia, Carlos Obregón Santacilia, Juan O'Gorman, Juan Legarreta, Carlos Tarditti, Enrique de la Mora and Enrique Yanez.

Enrique Norten

Construction is underway for the Chopo Museum (Mexico City); the National Laboratory of Genomics (Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico); Cassa Hotel & Residences at 45th Street (New York, NY); Hi Line Hotel (New York, NY); 580 Carroll Street Residential Building (Brookly, NY); the 1.3 million square feet (121,000 m2) Clinton Park (New York, NY); and the recently completed 1 York Tribeca Residential Building (New York, NY).

Fernando Valenzuela

In 1977, Fernando Valenzuela began his professional baseball career when he signed as a professional player with the Mayos de Navojoa, next year he was sent to the Guanajuato Tuzos of the Mexican Central League, posting a 5–6 record with a 2.23 ERA.

Francisco Azuela

He later served as Director of the Library of the Chamber of Deputies of the State of Guanajuato (1991–1997), and became the CEO and founder of the El Condor de los Andes-Aguila Azteca AC, an international cultural center currently based in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia (1999).

Francisco Ortiz Franco

Francisco Javier Ortiz Franco (1954 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato – June 22, 2004 in Tijuana, Baja California) was a Mexican journalist, who was murdered after writing about drug trafficking.

Frida Kahlo Museum

The two rooms are filled with large earthenware pots, plates, utensils, glassware and more which came from Metepec, Oaxaca, Tlaquepaque and Guanajuato, all known for their handcrafted items.

Guanajuato, Mexico

The state of Guanajuato, one of the 32 component federal entities of the United Mexican States

Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila

Gustavo Cárdenas Ávila, also known as Jan (born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, on April 30, 1974), is a Mexican pop singer and actor, who had a huge success as a pop-ballad singer in the 90s and later became an screen and stage actor.

Jorge Villafaña

Villafaña spent part of his childhood in Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico before returning to the United States for high school.

José Juan Vázquez

José Juan Vázquez Gómez (born in Celaya Guanajuato, March 14, 1988) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for León in the Mexican Liga MX mainly as a defensive midfielder.

José María Yáñez

He was born to peasants in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, and ran way from home as a child to see other lands and customs of the people.

José Mariano Jiménez

Mariano Jiménez went to Mexico city to ask for the surrender of the city but the viceroy denied it, he went back to Guanajuato city and participated in her defense because the city was attacked by Calleja in November 24, after he went to Guadalajara and San Luis Potosí.

Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo

Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (11 November 1926, in Tarimoro, Guanajuato – 24 May 1993, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) was a Mexican bishop of the Catholic Church who served as the eighth archbishop of the see of Guadalajara and as a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Knights Templar Cartel

On 17 March 2012 in the state of Guanajuato, the Knights Templar Cartel put up several banners on bridges welcoming the Pope Benedict XVI, and pledging to not provoke any violent acts during the pope's visit.

Luis Pérez Figueroa

Luis Pérez Figueroa was born on 22 March 1833 in Salvatierra, Guanajuato.

Mariano Paredes

Together with Manuel Doblado and Padre Celedonio Dómeco de Jarauta, he again rose in armed revolt, but was defeated by Bustamante at Guanajuato on 18 July 1848.

Maribel Domínguez

In December 2004, Domínguez made international headlines when she signed a two-year contract for second division men's team, Atlético Celaya, in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Miss Lupita project

However, the craft has waned with the only workshops making and selling them located in Celaya in the state of Guanajuato, mostly as collector’s items.

Mountain peaks of Mexico

Of these 30 highest major summits, 4 are located in Puebla, 4 in Oaxaca, 4 in Coahuila, 3 in México, 3 in Jalisco, 3 in Nuevo León, 2 in Chiapas, 2 in Michoacán, 2 in Querétaro, and one each in Distrito Federal, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Durango, Baja California, and Aguascalientes.

Nuestra Belleza Guanajuato 2010

Nuestra Belleza Guanajuato 2010, was held at the Auditorio Municipal Mariano Abasolo Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico on July 23, 2010.

Nuestra Belleza Guanajuato 2011

Nuestra Belleza Guanajuato 2011, was held at the Club de Leones of Pénjamo, Guanajuato on July 15, 2011.

Octavio Ocampo

Octavio Ocampo was born on 28 February 1943 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Rally Mexico

The stages take place in the environs of cities of León, Silao, Irapuato and Guanajuato; rally headquarters being located at León.

Raúl Velasco

Raúl Velasco (April 24, 1933 - November 26, 2006) was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico.

Salvatierra

Salvatierra, Guanajuato, a municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico

Siege of Cuautla

A few days later, 7,000 reinforcement loyalists troops arrived under the command of Ciriaco del Llano and José Gabriel de Armijo from Asturias, Guanajuato, Lovera, San Luis Potosí, Zamora and Tulancingo.

Tezonapa

Tezonapa is linked to Cordoba and Tierra Blanca by paved roads, although the Tezonapa - Vicente Camalote section is bad, most of the rest it is ok.

Tito Antuñano

Adolfo "Tito" Antuñano Morán (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico September 27, 1948 - León, Guanajuato, Mexico January 8, 1987) was a former World Championship water skier.

Younger Dryas impact hypothesis

Recent research has been reported that at Lake Cuitzeo in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato evidence supporting a modified version of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesi---involving a much smaller, non-cometary impactor—was found in lake bed cores dating to 12,900 BP.


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