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:'''''Zacatecas''' is the name of both a state of Mexico and that state's capital city. This article is about the state. For the city, see [[Zacatecas, Zacatecas]].''

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Oreads''' (ὄρος, "mountain") were a type of [[nymph]] that lived in mountains. They were associated with [[Aphrodite]].

=== Oreads ===

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#[[Britomartis]]

!align="center" bgcolor="#ccccff" colspan="3"|'''Estado de Zacatecas'''

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##[[Maia]]

!align="left" valign="top"|Capital

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|colspan="2" valign="top"| [[Zacatecas, Zacatecas|Zacatecas]]

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##[[Celaeno]]

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|colspan="2" valign="top"|73,252 [[square kilometer|km²]]<br>[[List of Mexican states by area|Ranked 10th]]

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!align="left" valign="top"|Population<br><small>(2000 census)</small>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|1,351,200<br>[[List of Mexican states by population|Ranked 25th]]

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[List of Mexican state governors|Governor]]<br><small>(2004-2010)</small>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Amalia García Medina]] (PRD)

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Chamber of Deputies of Mexico|Federal Deputies]]

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Partido de la Revolución Democrática|PRD]]: 5

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[Senate of Mexico|Federal Senators]]

|colspan="2" valign="top"|[[Institutional Revolutionary Party|PRI]]: 2<br>PRD: 1

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!align="left" valign="top"|[[ISO 3166-2]]<br><small>Postal abbr.</small>

|colspan="2" valign="top"|MX-ZAC<br>Zac.

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[[Category:Zacatecas|*Nymphs]]

'''Zacatecas''' is one of the 31 constituent [[States of Mexico|states]] of [[Mexico]]. It is bounded to the north by [[Durango]] and [[Coahuila]], to the east by [[San Luis Potosí]], to the south by [[Aguascalientes]] and [[Jalisco]], and to the west by [[Jalisco]] and [[Durango]].

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The state shares its name with its capital and chief center of population, the city of

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[[Zacatecas, Zacatecas]].

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The state of Zacatecas had an estimated 1,375,000 inhabitants in [[2003]]. (In [[1900]] it had 462,190 people.)

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Zacatecas is located in the great central plateau of Mexico, with an average elevation of about 7700 feet. The state is somewhat mountainous, being traversed in the west by lateral ranges of the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]], and by numerous isolated ranges in other parts &ndash; Mazapil, Norillos, Guadalupe and others. There are no large rivers, only the small head-streams of the Aguanaval in the north, and of the Guazamota, Bolanos and Juchipila in the west, the last three being tributaries of the Rio Grande de Santiago.

Because Zacatecas experiences mild precipitation, the lack of streams suitable for irrigation is a drawback to agriculture. The climate is dry and generally healthy, being warm in the valleys and temperate in the mountains.

The agricultural products are [[cereals]], [[sugar]] and [[maguey]], the first being dependent on the rainfall, often failing altogether, the second on irrigation in the lower valleys, and the latter doing best in a dry climate on a calcareous soil with water not far beneath the surface. There is also a considerable production of [[peach]]es, [[apricot]]s and [[grape]]s, the last being made into [[wine]]. A few [[cattle]] are raised, and considerable attention is given to the rearing of [[sheep]], [[goat]]s and [[swine]]. A natural product is [[guayule]], a shrub from which [[rubber]] is extracted.

The chief industry of Zacatecas, however, is [[mining]] for [[silver]], [[gold]], [[Mercury (element)|mercury]], [[copper]], [[iron]], [[zinc]], [[lead]], [[bismuth]], [[antimony]] and [[Sodium chloride|salt]]. Its [[mineral]] wealth was discovered soon after the conquest, and some of its mines are among the most famous of Mexico, dating from [[1546]]. One of the most productive of its silver mines, the Alvarado, has records which show a production of nearly $800,000,000 in silver between 1548 and 1867.

The state is traversed by the Mexican Central and the Mexican National railways. Its manufactures are limited chiefly to the reduction of mineral ores, the extraction of rubber from ''guayule'', the making of sugar, [[rum]], [[mezcal]], [[pulque]], [[wool|woollen]] and [[cotton]] fabrics, and some minor industries of the capital.

In addition to the capital at [[Zacatecas (city)|Zacatecas]], other principal cities include [[Sombrerete, Zacatecas|Sombrerete]] pop. 10,000 (1900), an important silver-mining town 121 Km (70m.) N.W. of the capital (elev. 8430 ft); [[Ciudad García, Zacatecas|Ciudad García]], pop. 9500 (1900); [[Guadalupe, Zacatecas|Guadalupe]], pop. 9000 (1900); [[Pinos, Zacatecas|Pinos]] pop. 8000 (1900), a mining town; [[San Juan de Mezquital, Zacatecas|San Juan de Mezquital]] pop. 7000 (1900); [[Tacoaleche,Zacatecas|Tacoaleche]], a town with La Ex Hacienda La Casa Grande and [[Fresnillo, Zacatecas|Fresnillo]] pop. 75,1186 estimated. (1990 est.), an important center for the mining of silver and copper.

== Municipalities ==

Zacatecas is subdivided into 58 municipalities ''([[Municipality|municipios]]).'' See: [[municipalities of Zacatecas]].

== External links ==

*[http://www.zacatecas.gob.mx Zacatecas state government]

*[http://cp.alternativo.net/zac.php Towns, cities, and postal codes in Zacatecas] (in Spanish)

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