Ciudad Madera, Chihuahua
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The town of Madera is an active logging community in the mountains of the northwestern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It is at 2112 metres above sea level and was founded in 1906. It serves as the municipal seat for the municipality of Madera.
The town is located 276 kilometres northwest of the state capital, Chihuahua, and 536 km southwest of Ciudad Juárez on the U.S. border.
Madera is a beautiful city surrounded by the great Sierra Madre mountains (Southern stretch of the Rocky Mountains in USA).
Madera is Spanish for "wood", there use to be a large U.S. company with large lumber mills, there is still a section of the city called "barrio americano" where some American-style wooden houses still survive. The lumber industry is still very important. There is also some agriculture and cattle ranches in the Municipio (which is about the equivalent of a county).
New manufacturing industries have created new employment for the residents.
[edit] Archaeology
The region is known for its caves and parks and within a 50 km radius of the town there are many caves featuring pre-Columbian artworks.
[edit] History
Madera has been the starting point of the Cabalgata Binacional Villista (see cavalcade).
Madera is also the place where on September 23, 1965 a guerrilla attack to the military took place, this gave the name to the "Liga 23 de Septiembre" an urban socialist guerrilla group that took the name to commemorate what they considered their martyrs.
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