Tamazula de Victoria
Tamazula de Victoria is a small town and seat of the municipality of Tamazula in the Mexican state of Durango, near the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. The town is located about 19 minutes of Culiacán Sinaloa Municipality. General Guadalupe Victoria, the first president of Mexico, was born there, hence the name, as well as his brother, Francisco Victoria. Its official name is Tamazula de Victoria. As of 2010, the town had a population of 2,337 The Tamazula River runs directly north of the town. Villages The municipal subdivisions of Tamazula are: Amaculi Los Remedios El Chicural El Cocoyole Chacala El Llano El Comedero Las Juntas Las Quebradas El Río Pueblo Viejo El Carrizo Otatitlán Las Coloradas Santa Elena El Cajón La Mesa del Rodeo El Durazno La Alameda Santa Gertrudis El Tecuán Santa Barbara Cuesta Blanca References Populated places in Durango