Loreto, Zacatecas

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Loreto is a town and its surrounding municipality of the same name in southeastern Zacatecas State, Mexico. The town is the seventh-largest community in the state, with a 2005 census population of 22,085 inhabitants, while the municipality of which it serves as municipal seat had a population of 43,411. The municipality has an area of 427 km² (164.87 sq mi).

People celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe on 12 December. It is an agricultural region where people grow chili, beans, corn and lettuce.

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• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

• Zacatecas Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México