Comarca Lagunera

Comarca Lagunera Metropolitan Area
Zona Metropolitana de Comarca Lagunera (Spanish)
From top to bottom from left to right: the Alameda Ignacio Zaragoza, the Cristo de las Noas, the Puerta de Torreón, the Plaza Mayor and the Plaza de Armas in the Historic Center
From top to bottom from left to right: the Alameda Ignacio Zaragoza, the Cristo de las Noas, the Puerta de Torreón, the Plaza Mayor and the Plaza de Armas in the Historic Center
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Interactive Map of Comarca Lagunera Metropolitan Area
Coordinates: 24°22′N 102°22′W / 24.367°N 102.367°W / 24.367; -102.367
Country Mexico
Largest cityTorreón
Other citiesGómez Palacio
Lerdo
Area
 • Metropolitan Area17,330 sq mi (44,900 km2)
Elevation
3,670 ft (1,120 m)
Population
 • Metropolitan Area1,488,613
 • Density86/sq mi (33/km2)
 • Urban
1,152,053
 • Rural
336,620
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Telephone area codes+52 (Country) 871 and 872
AirportFrancisco Sarabia International Airport (TRC)
INEGI

The Comarca Lagunera or La Comarca de la Laguna ("region of lagoons") is a region of northern Mexico occupying large portions of the states of Durango and Coahuila, with rich soils produced by periodic flooding of the Nazas and Aguanaval rivers. Neither river drains into either the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, but rather they created a series of inland lakes. The region was developed for large-scale irrigated cotton agriculture. During the Mexican Revolution, the region was the site of fierce fighting. Following the military phase of the Revolution, the region was part of the agrarian reform under President Lázaro Cárdenas. The dam named for Cárdenas now controls flooding of the rivers, but the groundwater resources are no longer recharged as a result.[1] It is the 8th largest metropolitan area in Mexico.

  1. ^ Mikael D. Wolfe.Watering the Revolution: An Environmental and Technological History of Agrarian Reform in Mexico. Durham: Duke University Press 2017.