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Valle de Bravo is a town and municipality of the
State of Mexico, in
Mexico. It is located on the shore of
Lake Avándaro, approximately 145 km (95 miles) southwest of
Mexico City and west of
Toluca on highways 15, 134 or 1.. It takes about 2 hours to drive from Mexico City to Valle de Bravo, making it a popular weekend getaway for people of this city. The town has has several names during its history including San Francisco del Valle de Temascaltepec, Temascaltepec de indios, Villa del Valle. The original names including Temascaltepec caused confusion with the nearby "Real de Minas de Temascaltepec", now
Temascaltepec, so the county was known as “El Valle” (The Valley). "de Bravo" was added later to honor
Nicolás Bravo who fought at the
Castle of Chapultepec during the
Mexican-American War. Its
glyph includes the image of a
temascal in reference to its original name. The town and the surrounding area are well-known in Mexico as a tourist destination, principally because it's natural area only 2 hours away from Mexico City.
The town
The first to arrive to the area were the
Matlazincas who settled mostly in the present-day communities of Santa Maria Ahuacatlán, La Peña and Otumba. Between
1474 and
1479, the
Aztec chief
Axayacatl conquered the region, establishing what it would be the last addition to the
Aztec Empire. After the destruction of
Tenochtitlan by the Spanish, campaigns to subdue this area were carried out by
Andrés de Tapia and
Gonzalo de Sandoval, followed by evangelization by the
Dominicans and the
Augustinians. Around
1530, the
Franciscan friar Gregorio Jiménez founded the town as a congregation called "El Pino". Between
1607 and
1615, a Franciscan convent was established here, giving the town that grew up around it its original name of San Franciscano del Valle de Temascaltepec.
The town's principal economic activities center around tourism. It is a very popular location for weekend visits, especially from residents of Mexico City and Toluca. Holidays such as
New Year's Eve and
Semana Santa bring large numbers of visitors to the town leading to strong recommendations to arrange lodging well in advance. Other yearly events include the Festival Vallesano (March) where people participate in sporting, horseback-riging, art exhibitions and food-tasting events as well as cultural and musical performances. However, the largest annual celebration is the cultural festival known as the
Festival de las Almas (Festival of the Souls) which has occurred each of the last five years in late September or early October. The
2007 festival brought in 4.5 million pesos to the area with 8 days of festivities, 151 programmed events centered on film, dance, art exhibitions, music, literature, workshops and theater, as well as
Day of the Dead altars. It has spread to include events in
Apaxco,
Cuautitlán Izcalli,
Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl,
Temascalcingo,
Texcoco and Toluca. This event featured "Alan" State Dance Troupe from
Ossetia Alania,
Russia as well as artists from thirteen other countries. Roughly 160-170 thousand people attended the event.
The town has a number of interesting attractions based on its colonial architecture such as:
Temple of Santa María Ahuacatlán was originally a chapel when it was started in
1864 but has been converted into a church which is still under construction. The main altar contains a Black ChristEn el altar principal se puede observar una rara imagen de un Cristo Negro, which is still worshipped.
Valle de Bravo was named a "
Pueblo Mágico" in 2005.
As it mentioned before, Valle de Bravo has a population of more than 50000 people. The mortality, in this town, is first, due to homicides and in a second place by alcoholism. However, the mortality rate has decreased over the last decade. Migration is another factor determinant in the demographic of Valle de Bravo, because the people leave their origins in order to find better jobs. 27,675 is the amount of people who can read and write.
Valle de Bravo’s weather is mild- humid. It rains during summer: it starts in June and ends in September. The warmest months are: May, June, July and August. The average temperature is 17.5 °C (63.50 °F). The minimum temperature is 1.3°C (34.34°F) and the maximum is 32°C (89.60°F).
The municipality
As municipal seat, the town of Valle de Bravo has governing jurisdiction over the following communities: San Mateo Acatitlán, El Aguacate, Los Álamos, Calderones, La Candelaria, El Castellano, El Cerrillo (San José el Cerrillo), La Compañía (Cerro Colorado), Cerro Gordo, Colorines, Loma Bonita, La Compañía (Tres Espigas), Cuadrilla de Dolores, Rancho Espinos, El Fresno (El Fresno la Compañía), Godínez Tehuastepec, La Laguna, Loma de Chihuahua, Loma de Rodríguez, El Manzano, Mesa de Jaimes, Mesa de Dolores (Mesa de Dolores 2a. Secc.), Los Pelillos, Peña Blanca, Los Pozos (Pinar de Osorios), Santa María Pipioltepec (Pipioltepec), San José Potrerillos (Potrerillos), Rincón de Estradas, San Antonio, San Gabriel Ixtla, San Gaspar, San Juan Atezcapan, San Nicolás Tolentino, San Ramón, San Simón el Alto, Santa Magdalena Tiloxtoc, Santa Rosa, Santa Teresa Tiloxtoc, Los Saucos, Tenantongo, La Volanta, Casas Viejas, Mesa Rica (La Finca), Mesa de Palomas, Atesquelites (Tres Quelites), La Boquilla (Cerro el Cualtenco la Boquilla), El Durazno, La Mecedora, Escalerillas, Tehuastepec (San José Tehuastepec), Tierra Grande (La Loma), El Arco, Barrio de Guadalupe, Las Joyas, Mata Redonda (Paso Hondo), Mesa de Dolores 1a. Secc. (Mesa del Rayo), La Palma, Piedra del Molino, Rancho Avándaro Country Club, El Aguacate (El Aserradero), Agua Fría, La Huerta San Agustín, Tres Puentes, Colonia Rincón Villa del Valle, Colonia Valle Escondido, Monte Alto, Las Ahujas, El Trompillo, Gallinas Blancas, Barranca Fresca, Santo Tomás el Pedregal, Los Tizates, as well as about 40 unnamed settlements. The total 2005 population of the municipality was 52,902.
Culturally it's a place of transition of different cultures like: náhuatl, matlatzinca and purépecha. Languages that can be still listened in markets or in some towns.
It is located southwest the city of
Toluca in the State of Mexico.
Valle de Bravo still has indigenous people. The predominant indigenous language is Mazahua (396 habitants). The number of indigenous people has been reduced due to urbanization. Indigenous languages that predominate are Mazateca, Mixtec, Purépecha, Tzeltal, Zapotec, Tarahumara, and Tepehua Totonaca.
Most of the people living there profess Catholicism, but there are also evangelical or Protestant people.
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