The first people to populate the area arrived approximately 10,000 years ago, when the climate was wetter and … 詳細

The city is called "con rostro de cantera rosa y corazón de plata" (with a face of pink stone and a heart of silver) because of the pink stone that many of its iconic buildings are made of and the silver that has spurred its development … 詳細

In relation to its population, Zacatecas is one of the cities with the most museums in the nation. The Pedro Coronel Museum is located in the old monastery of the Santo Domingo church, which also housed the former Jesuit coll… 詳細

The city contains a number of universities and institutions of higher education, including the state-sponsored Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
The Universidad Tecnológica del Estado de Zacatecas (UTE… 詳細

The city hosts a number of religious and cultural festivals throughout the year. The Festival Cultural de Zacatecas is held each year in the city during Holy Week, which unites artists of different genres from classic to rock a… 詳細

By highway, Zacatecas is connected to Aguascalientes via Fed 45, to San Luis Potosí via Fed 49, Fed 23 to Guadalajara and Torreón and Fed 54 to Guadalajara and Saltillo. There is a rail line called the "Ferrocarril Cent… 詳細

As municipal seat, the city of Zacatecas is the governmental authority for 180 other named localities, which total an area of 444 km (171 sq mi). Ninety-three percent of the municipality's population of 132,035 lives in the city proper. T… 詳細