Juan Aldama, Chihuahua

Juan Aldama is a city and seat of the municipality of Aldama, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2005, the city had a total population of 16,284. The origin of today's ciudad Aldama, occurs on august 7, 1671 when captain Pedro Cano de los Ríos establishes two places for cattle raising; by the year 1717 the monks franciscanos established a mission called San Geronimo in this place, to evangelize the Native Mexicans conchos and chinarras that inhabited the region, San Jerónimo was the former name of this settlement. Agriculture is the main economic activity of the city, however the commerce also has taken an important part lately, offering products to the locals and people in transit to Chihuahua or Ojinaga. Many locals...