Pachuca (officially Pachuca de Soto, also known as La Bella Airosa, in English The beautiful windy city) is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat. The municipal president is Omar Fayad of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. This article or section seems to contain too many examples (or of a poor quality) for an encyclopedia entry. ... A presidente municipal (Spanish for municipal president) is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. ... Omar Fayad Meneses. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pachuco was a Chicano youth in the mid-20th century who wore flashy clothes (such as a Zoot Suit). ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Club de Futbol Pachuca, also known as Pachuca, is a popular Mexican futbol club which competes in the Primera División de México. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... Hidalgo is a state in central Mexico, with an area of 20,502 km². In 2000 the state had a population of some 2,231,000 people. ... Pachuca de Soto is one of the Municipalities of Hidalgo. ... A presidente municipal (Spanish for municipal president) is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. ... Omar Fayad Meneses. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country—under a succession of names—for more than 70 years. ...

Name

The name Pachuca probably comes from the Nahuatl word Pachoaca or Pachoacan, meaning "place of the rulers" or "narrow place"; it may also come from the word Patlachiuhacan, which means "place of silver and gold." The official name of the city is Pachuca de Soto in honor of Deputy Manuel Fernando Soto, who was one of founders of the state. Nahuatl is a native language of central Mexico. ...

History

The area has been inhabited by various indigenous groups, most notably the Aztecs, who ruled the region from 1438. In 1528 Spanish conquistadors invaded the area. The first Spaniards to settle in the region were Francisco Téllez and Gonzalo Rodríguez, who built the first modern houses in the area. They named the place "Real de Minas de Pachuca". The word Aztec is usually used as a historical term, although some contemporary Nahuatl speakers would consider themselves Aztecs. ... Events Pachacuti who would later create Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca Empire became the ruler of Cuzco In Italy, the siege of Brescia by the condottieri troops of Niccolò Piccinino was raised after the arrival of Scaramuccia da Forlì. January 1 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary March 18 - Albert... Events June 19 - Battle of Landriano - A French army in Italy under Marshal St. ... Conquistadors (Spanish: []) (English: Conqueror) were Spanish soldiers, explorers and adventurers who invaded and conquered much of the Americas and Asia Pacific, bringing them under Spanish colonial rule between the 15th and 19th centuries, starting with the 1492 settlement by Christopher Columbus in what is now the Dominican Republic and Haiti. ...

During the Mexican Revolution, the city was captured by followers of Francisco Madero on 16 May 1911. Until 1923, Pachuca was one of the few cities in the state with air mail service to the capital. This article is about the Mexican Revolution of 1910. ... Francisco I. Madero González (30 October 1873 – 22 February 1913) was a revolutionary who served as President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year (137th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ...

Pachuca is reputed to be the cradle of Mexican soccer. Workers from Cornwall, United Kingdom, who came to work Pachuca's silver mines brought the game with them. Many examples of Cornish architecture, vestiges of the Cornish influence, still exist. Pachuca is famous for its pastes, which are pastries filled with meat, potatoes, or fruits, which are vestiges of the Cornish pasty culinary influence. A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... This article is about the chemical element. ... This article is about building architecture. ... A Cornish pasty A pasty (Cornish: Pasti, Hoggan, incorrectly written as pastie) is a type of pie, originally from Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... A pasty from Cornwall A pasty from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan A Cornish pasty or Cornish pastie is a type of pie, originating in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ...

Demographics

A neighborhood in Pachuca.

Pachuca had a 2005 census population of 267,751 people. The municipality had an official population of 275,578. Its area is 195.3 km² (75.4 sq mi). The city is located 58 miles (94 kilometers) from Mexico City, to which it is connected by a modern freeway. The city has a moderate climate with annual average temperature of 57 degrees Fahrenheit (14 degrees Celsius), even though freezing temperatures can occur in winter nights. Pachuca has been given the name "la bella airosa" or "the windy beauty" because during most of the year there are strong northeasterly winds that can reach 46 mph (75 km./hr). Pachuca is an important mining center and has an active commercial and cultural life. Numerous industries are based in Pachuca and the surrounding areas, including automobile parts, ovenware, tools and mining equipment. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2370 × 1578 pixel, file size: 4. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (2370 × 1578 pixel, file size: 4. ... Nickname: Motto: Ciudad en movimiento Location of Mexico City in south central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ...

Tourism

The monumental clock tower in the city center

Pachuca is not much of a tourist city, but there are a few things to see. The Reloj Monumental (Monumental Clock) is the central clock tower, built in 1904 in the city center. The bell which chimes in this clock was made by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, the same company that made the original Liberty Bell, and London's famous Big Ben. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x796, 107 KB) Summary Monumental watch in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, México. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (600x796, 107 KB) Summary Monumental watch in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, México. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Whitechapel Bell Foundry is a bell foundry based in the Whitechapel district of east London. ... The Liberty Bell. ... “Big Ben” redirects here. ...

A souvenir shop is located in the first floor of the tower, where it is possible to buy tickets to either take a tour of the city aboard a special bus or to experience an underground tour of Pachuca's old mines.

There is also the Centro Cultural Hidalgo, ("Hidalgo Cultural Center") which is housed in an old monastery and contains museums, a theater, a library, a gallery, the city's Arts School and a garden of remarkable beauty. Pachuca is also home to the Museo Nacional de la Fotografía, the National Museum of Mexican Photography. The interior of the Comédie-Française, Paris, showing the stage, boxes, galleries and orchestra sections of the house. ... Photography [fÓ™tÉ‘grÓ™fi:],[foÊŠtÉ‘grÓ™fi:] is the process of recording pictures by means of capturing light on a light-sensitive medium, such as a film or electronic sensor. ...

The El Chico National Park can be found very close to Pachuca. It is a forest located high up in the mountains, lying at elevations ranging from 2600 to 3050 meters (8530 to 10000 feet). The park, also known as Raven Forest, has huge rocks to climb, campsites and a little lake to go fishing.

The twin silver mining settlements of Pachuca and Real del Monte (Mineral del Monte) in the State of Hidalgo are being marketed as 'Mexico's Little Cornwall' by the Mexican Embassy in London in 2007 and represent the first attempt by the Spanish speaking part of the Cornish diaspora to establish formal links with Cornwall. Camborne and Redruth town councils in Cornwall have recently agreed to twinning agreements with Pachuca and Real del Monte. The twinning agreements will be formerly signed during the July 2008 visit of the Cornish Mexican Cultural Society to the State of Hidalgo, see Cornish Mexican web link below. Mineral del Monte (also Real del Monte) is a city and municipality in Hidalgo state in central Mexico, lying at an altitude of 2700 metres (8,800 ft). ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Cornish diaspora consists of Cornish emigrants and their descendants in countries such as the United States, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Mexico. ... , Not to be confused with Cambourne in Cambridgeshire. ... Map sources for Redruth at grid reference SW700420 Redruth (Cornish: Rysrudh) is a town in the south-west of Cornwall, Britain. ... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ...

Elevation

Pachuca is one of Mexico's highest and coldest cities, but the city's real elevation remains unclear. Depending on the source, Pachuca's altitude can be anywhere between 2400 and 2800 meters (7875 and 9185 feet respectively). The official elevation is 2426 meters (7960 feet) but no one seems to know when, how and where it was measured. The elevation is enough to give Pachuca a weather that is remarkably cold for a city at this latitude. Pachuca never gets hotter than 29°C (84°F) and temperatures as cold as -7°C (19°F) have been registered in the coldest winter nights. In the winter, powerful gusts of wind coming off the mountains can be cold enough to cause frostbite to exposed skin. This article is about a medical condition. ...

Sister cities

Pachuca has two official sister cities as designated by Sister Cities International: Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ... Sister Cities International is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and fostering town twinning, especially between a city in the United States and a city in another country. ...

• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States.
• Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
• Camborne, Cornwall, United Kingdom (July, 2008)

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Attractions

• Ex-Convento de San Francisco
• Museo de Fotografia
• Museo de Mineria
• Reloj Monumental
• Plaza Galerias Pachuca, the city's modern mall
• Casa de Artesanías Hidarte (the official handicrafts shop)

Interesting facts

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• In Mexico, a poker hand worth nothing is often called a "Pachuca".
• The album Menos el Oso by the American band Minus the Bear featured a song entitled "Pachuca Sunrise".

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See also

• Cornish pasty
• Paste

A pasty from Cornwall A pasty from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan A Cornish pasty or Cornish pastie is a type of pie, originating in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Pastes is a type of Mexican pastry eaten in the Hidalgo region of central Mexico. ...

References

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

• Hidalgo Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

• Ayuntamiento de Pachuca de Soto Official website
• Club de Futbol de Pachuca Pachuca Football Club
• Pachuca and Real del Monte (Mineral del Monte) links with Cornwall
• The Cornish in Latin America
• Cornish Mexico

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