Cuencame

Cuencamé is a small city and seat of the municipality of Cuencamé in the state of Durango, which is in northern Mexico. Cuencamé was founded by the Spaniards around the 1890s. Towns near this city include Ocuila, Pasaje, Cerro Gordo, Pedriceña and Velardeña. Cuencame has been in existence at least since the late 16th century. Cuencamé originally was a very small town formed by a joining wild northern tribes. During the colonial period different groups settled in there, as the Zacatecos, Tepehuanos and Laguneros. This place was located in the central arid area and attracted a lot of people interested in the silver mines around Cuencamé. At the beginning in the colonial period, there was a prior a priest Agustín de Espinoza. Another...