JANOS, CHIHUAHUA MEXICO. Janos is a village in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, located in the extreme northwest of the territory, near the border with the United States and the state of Sonora, is head of Janos Municipality. Janos es un pueblo del estado mexicano de Chihuahua, localizado en el extremo noroeste del territorio, cercano a la frontera con Estados Unidos y con el estado de Sonora, es cabecera del Municipio de Janos. Located at the northern end of the Nueva Vizcaya on the border with New Mexico and in the desert and indigenous tribes hostile region Janos take long to be explored an
JANOS, CHIHUAHUA MEXICO. Janos is a village in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, located in the extreme northwest of the territory, near the border with the United States and the state of Sonora, is head of Janos Municipality. Janos es un pueblo del estado mexicano de Chihuahua, localizado en el extremo noroeste del territorio, cercano a la frontera con Estados Unidos y con el estado de Sonora, es cabecera del Municipio de Janos. Located at the northern end of the Nueva Vizcaya on the border with New Mexico and in the desert and indigenous tribes hostile region Janos take long to be explored and colonized by the Spaniards, as elsewhere, the first to be they ventured her were the Franciscan missionaries who in the seventeenth century were devoted to the exploration and conversion of indigenous groups in the region, were Franciscans that the year of 1640 founded what is now the town of Janos as a mission and they gave the name of Soledad de Janos, the name comes from the main tribe of the region, Janos, now extinct. However, frequent indigenous revolts entailed the destruction of the mission, so by order of the viceregal authority called military garrisons, which were points at which a military company was established fixed to combat the rebels were established, the October 16, 1686 the Presidium of Santiago de Janos was established by General. Juan Fernandez de la Fuente. Ubicada en el extremo norte de la Nueva Vizcaya en los límites con Nuevo México y en medio del desierto y de tribus indígenas hóstiles, la región de Janos tardó mucho en ser explorada y colonizada por los españoles, como en otras regiones, los primeras que se aventuraron a ella fueron los misioneros franciscanos, que durante el Siglo XVII se dedicaron a la exploración y conversión de los grupos indígenas de la región, fueron padres franciscanos los que el año de 1640 fundaron lo que hoy es el pueblo de Janos como una misión y le dieron el nombre de Soledad de Janos, el nombre proviene d
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