Bustamante, Nuevo León
Bustamante | ||
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Municipality and town | ||
State Nuevo León | | |
Municipal seat | Bustamante | |
Area | ||
• Total | 558 km2 (215 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 376 m (1,233 ft) | |
Population (2010) | ||
• Total | 3,773 |
Bustamante is a municipality and town of
Geography
Bustamante is located in an irrigated valley at the mouth of a well-watered canyon in the headwaters of the Sabinas River, a tributary of the Salado River. The Sierra de Gomas to the west of the town rise to an elevation of 5,591 feet (1,704 m) at the Cabeza de Leon four miles south-southwest of Bustamante. East of town is the Sierra de Lampazos which rise to an elevation of 3,816 feet (1,163 m)[2]
The climate is semi-arid with about 20 inches (500 mm) of precipitation annually, mostly falling in summer. Summers are hot and winters are mild, with the lowest annual temperature usually about 23 °F (-5 °C).[3]
History
The Spanish recruited more than 400
In 1690, silver mines were established about five miles (8 km) from Bustamante and the town of Villaldama was founded. Bustamante depended upon agriculture and provided labor and food for the mines. The Alazapa resisted the Spanish and Tlaxcalan settlements. A few Alazapa survived into the 19th century, but were expelled to
Bustamante received its present name in 1832. It was named after Anastasio Bustamante, a President of newly independent Mexico.
On October 5, 1840, the area was raided by a band of
Adding to the misery were epidemics of disease. Cholera cost 197 lives in the Bustamante region in 1849 and smallpox in 1856-1857 killed 429 in a wider area. The epidemics also took a heavy toll on the Indian raiders and the number of raids dropped substantially after the late 1850s, culminating in one last Comanche raid in 1870.[7]
Attractions
The main tourist attractions are the Bustamante caves about two miles southwest of the town.
References
- ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Geographica y informatica, Mexicohttp://www.citypopulation.de/php/mexico-nuevoleon.php, accessed 15 Jan 2013
- ^ "Sierra Lampazos". www.mapcarta.com. Retrieved 16 Jan 2013.
- ^ slideshare.net, "Climate in Nuevo Leon", accessed 16 Jan 2013
- ^ Encyclopedia de los Municipios de Mexico" http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/nuevoleon/ Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 15 Jan 2013; Adams, David B. Ëmbattled Borderland: Northern Nuevo León and the Idios Bárabaros, 1686-1870" The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 95, No. 2 (1991), p- 205-220
- ^ "Consejo de la Historia y Cultura Sabinas Hidalgo" http://www.consejodehistoria.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf-1&id=10 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 16 Jan 2013; Adams, p. 206
- ^ Adams, pp. 209-219
- ^ Adams, pp. 219-220