Zacatecas

The state of Zacatecas is located in north-central Mexico. In the north, Zacatecas is bordered by the states of Nuevo Leon and Durango, San Luis Potosi is located east while to the south the small Aguascalientes and Jalisco are. The western boundary is formed Nayarit.

He has about 1,350,000 inhabitants on 73,252 km ² (approx. 3.8 % of the area of Mexico). In total there are 58 municipios (municipalities ), all larger settlements mining towns are. These are in addition to the capital city of Zacatecas Fresnillo and especially Concepción del Oro.

It consists mostly of desert steppe, which already forms the transition to the North American prairie. The main economic activities are agriculture, along with mining ( particularly livestock ) and tourism.

The current government is Miguel Alonso Reyes ago. It belongs to the Partido de la Revolución Institucional (PRI ).

While the silver trade in Zacatecas loses more and more important, who settled there in recent years, other industries and sectors. So stands between Zacatecas and Fresnillo city now the largest brewery in the world. In the complex of the brewing group Grupo Modelo 22 million hectoliters of beer are produced each year.

Zacatecas is considered in addition to the states of Guerrero and Michoacán as one of the most affected by the wave of migration to the United States with states of Mexico. Now live nearly a million Zacatecaner in the U.S., mainly in Chicago and Los Angeles.