Miguel Auza

Miguel Auza is a Mexican metropolis in the kingdom of Zacatecas. Municipal seat of Miguel Auza. It become given this name in 1935 in honor of the illustrious widespread Miguel Auza Arrenechea 1822 to 1892, who changed into born within the city of Sombrerete, Zac. The first settlers of Miguel Auza were indigenous corporations belonging to the ethnic institution of the north referred to as the Chichimecas. They lived in what is now referred to as La Boquilla, zacatecos that is what this tradition was called.

When arriving the Spaniards headed by way of the captain Francisco de Ibarra, within the year 1554, denominating it the Villa de las Magdalenas. In 1870 the name changed into modified to San Miguel de Mezquital, due to the abundance of the tree known as mesquite. The commander Rodrigo del Rio de Loza lived in the Hacienda de Santiago; he owned a mineral in the Valle de las Magdalenas. In 1811 the military of Don Miguel Hidalgo become defeated, whilst numerous chinacos fled and flags have been brought to the temple of San Miguel Del Mezquital.