Valtierrilla
Valtierrilla is a village in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, near the city of Salamanca, with a population of 13,200 in 2007. It is considered the world capital of the fruit-bearing cactus known as nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica).
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Valtierrilla
- Settlement.name
- Valtierrilla
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kiosco_de_valtierrilla.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kiosk Valtierrilla
- Settlement.image_map
- Guanajuato_en_México.svg
- Settlement.founder
- 1593 (Don Gaspar de Valdes)
- Settlement.area_note
- Ranked 32nd
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1,710
- Settlement.population_total
- 12,713
- Settlement.timezone1
- CST, (UTC-6)
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- CDT
Article
16 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Geography
- Famous people
- Population
- History
- Pre-Hispanic times
- Colonial Era
- Independence
- Recent times
- Health and infrastructure
- Educational infrastructure
- Exponopal
- Sports
- Landmarks
- Politics and government
- References
Valtierrilla is a village in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, near the city of Salamanca, with a population of 13,200 in 2007. It is considered the world capital of the fruit-bearing cactus known as nopal (Opuntia ficus-indica).
Valtierrilla is a developing industrial area, with a population projected to increase to 20,000 by 2015 and is the largest populated place in the Salamanca town after Salamanca itself.
On the map
4 mapped locations