Real del Oro

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Real del Oro[1] [2] is an town located in the mountainous part of the northwest of the capital of the State of Mexico, near to: Tlalpujahua, Michoacan, Temascalcingo, Atlacomulco and Jocotitlán.

The town of El Oro has an area of 137.86 square kilometres. In the last Population and Housing, the town of El Oro had a population of 29466 inhabitants of which 14519 men and 14947 women. The main economic activities that exist in this place are: agriculture, livestock, industry and tourism. The people of El Oro is a Royal Mines, named for the discovery of a vein of gold that made Don Vincent Arciniega in 1789 at the foot of some hills, a league and a half of another Royal Mines very old named Tlalpujahua.

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  1. ^ Enciclopedia del Estado de México. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
  2. ^ El Oro Estado de México, Pueblo Mágico. Retrieved on 2008-02-01.
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