Huanusco
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The municipality of Huanusco is located in the southwestern portion of the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Its Coordinaates are 21° 46' north latitude and 102° 58' west longitude. The average elevation of the municipality is 500 meters above sea level and the municipality covers an area of roughly 368 square kilometers. The municipality lies in a valley bordered West by the Sierra De Morones, Southeast by the Sierra of Tlachichila, and Northeast by the Sierra Fria.
The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Tabasco and General Joaquin Amaro, on the east by the municipality of Calvillo, Aguascalientes, on the south by the municipalities of Jalpa and on the west by the municipality of Tlaltenango De Sanchez Roman.
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[edit] Population
According to the 2000 Census, the municipality of Huanusco had a population of 5,254 inhabitants, which represents .43% of the total population of the state of Zacatecas. 2,447 were male and 2,807 were female. Its population density is 10.10 inhabitants per square kilometer. The workforce is made up of approximately 337, mainly in the agricultural sector. There is a high rate of Emigration to the United States because of lack of jobs and financial hardship, causing most towns to be abandoned. The birth rate is 2% while the death rate is .5%.
[edit] Religion
Catholicism predominates with 98%, followed by Jehovah Witnesses with 1.5% and .5% in other denominations.
[edit] History
Huanusco was originally an indigenous settlement inhabited by Cascan farmers, who were ethnically Chichimeca. The arrival of the Spanish brought Franciscan missionaries who Christianized the local indigenous population and designated Huanusco the third Cofradia to Villanueva and given the title of La Purisima (the Purest )under the bishop Don Diego Camacho.
[edit] Ranchos
Huanusco consists of a few "Ranchos." The most common ones are Guatimala, Rancho Nuevo, and Arellanos. Huanusco is the "Municipio" of these Ranchos.
