Río Blanco (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)
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Name (Latin)
Río Blanco (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico)
Other forms of name
Tenango de Río Blanco (Mexico)
Coordinates
-97.15 -97.15 18.83333333 18.83333333 (gooearth )
Associated country
Mexico
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Peña Samaniego, H. Río Blanco, 1975 (x-ref.)t.p. (Río Blanco) p. 18, etc. (Río Blanco, Ver.)
- BGN 8/8/78(Tenango de Río Blanco [Río Blanco=brief], ppl, 18p0s50ʹN 97p0s09ʹW)
- U.S. Off. of Geog. Mex. gaz.(Río Blanco; also lists others in other states)
- Col. Lipp. gaz.(Officially Tenango del Río Blanco, town, Ver.)
Wikipedia description:
Río Blanco is a municipality located in the montane central zone of the Mexican state of Veracruz, about 140 km from the state capital Xalapa. It has an area of 24.68 km2. It is located at 18°50′N 97°09′W. The Decree of June 8, 1899 ordained that Tenango's municipal head-board create the municipality of Río Blanco designating it as Tenango de Río Blanco. In the same year French financiers initiated the construction of the largest textile factory in Latin America, which was inaugurated on October 9, 1892, by President Porfirio Díaz. One thousand seven hundred workers came to be employed at Rio Blanco, including only 60 women.
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