Mapimi

Mapimi is a metropolis and municipal seat of the Mapimi Municipality within the Mexican kingdom of Durango. As of 2010, the metropolis of Mapimi had a populace of 5,623. When the Spanish first arrived in the Mapimi area inside the past due 16th century, nomadic and semi nomadic Native Americans together with the Tepehuan, Tobosos, and Cocoyones were the population. Mapimi become based in July 25, 1598 by means of Agustin de Espinoza, a Jesuit priest, and Captain Anton de Zapata, a soldier.

The agreement was named Santiago de Mapimi. The call derives from the Cocoyones who known as the area Mapeme, meaning excessive mountain. As with maximum early settlements in northern Mexico, the considerable minerals within the area had been the appeal for settlers. The Toboso and different Indian companies started out raiding within the Mapimi vicinity and participated in wars against Spanish settlements in 1644, 1667, and 1684. Most of the Indians had been absorbed into the Spanish population in the 18th century.