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    The Sierra Gorda (lit. 'fat mountain(s)') is an ecological region centered on the northern third of the Mexican state of Querétaro and extending into the...
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    The Franciscan missions of the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro are five missions built in Mexico between 1750 and 1760. The foundation of the missions is attributed...
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    The Sierra Gorda Territory (Spanish: Territorio de Sierra Gorda) was a federal territory of Mexico. It existed between 1853 and 1857.[citation needed]...
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    Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He founded a mission in Baja California...
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  • villages of Sierra Gorda (pop. 428) and Baquedano (pop. 825). The Sierra Gorda Copper Mine is located 2 km north-west of the village of Sierra Gorda. Due to...
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    ecosystems varying from deserts to tropical rainforest, especially in the Sierra Gorda, which is filled with microecosystems. The area of the state was located...
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    is the founder of the Sierra Gorda Ecological Group, which has successfully led grassroots efforts to conserve the Sierra Gorda in central Mexico since...
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    thousand tonnes. One of the key assets of KGHM International Ltd. is the Sierra Gorda field. The deposit is located in Chile and contains 1.3 billion tons...
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    Municipality in the state of Querétaro in central Mexico. It is part of the Sierra Gorda region which stretches over northern Querétaro into Guanajuato, Hidalgo...
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    promoted to colonel and assigned as an aide to the captain general of the Sierra Gorda. In 1742 he was transferred from Querétaro to Veracruz, which was threatened...
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