Town and industrial city in Hidalgo, Mexico
Ciudad Sahagun
, officially called
Fray
Bernardino de Sahagun
, is a town in the municipality of
Tepeapulco
, within the State of
Hidalgo
, in
Mexico
.
History
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Antecedents
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In the early 1950s, by order of President
Miguel Aleman Valdes
, land in the municipality of Tepeapulco, Hidalgo, 95 kilometers north of Mexico City, was settled in what was intended as a national model: the industrial area of Ciudad Sahagun.
The first factories
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On July 28, 1951, the
Diesel Nacional
company (DINA) was created, with a license agreement and technical advice from the Italian company
Fiat
. The share capital amounted to 75 million pesos, 78% of which represented state participation.
In 1952 work began on building the first vehicle of
Constructora Nacional de Carros de Ferrocarril SA
(
Concarril
), a
rail vehicle
manufacturer. At the same time a resolution was sought to the crisis in the textile industry and in 1954 the National Textile Machinery Factory "Toyoda of Mexico" was formed, which later became National Steel (Sidena), which established the three core anchor factory businesses in Ciudad Sahagun.
Housing units (colognes)
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In parallel, a popular housing group of 1317 houses and 46 apartments, more shops, a market, sports fields, administrative offices and basic medical and educational services were built. Amenities such as paved streets, drainage, drinking water and electricity were introduced. In 1961 he joined 515 houses built by the IMSS.
Incorporation to the municipality of Tepeapulco
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In 1971 Ciudad Sahagun was incorporated into the municipality of
Tepeapulco
.
Entrance to neoliberalism
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After the arrival of different plants, several economic events (like the arrival of foreign brands in Mexico) forced the Renault plant to shut in 1986, with the loss of 7000 jobs.
At Sidena, in state hands, there were liquidity problems due to the looting of its coffers by managers, according to a study by the state government. In the late 1980s, Concarril was taken over by
Bombardier
, a Canadian equity firm and its transformation brought less paternalistic policies affecting unionized workers, who until then enjoyed privileges such as exemption from property taxes and utilities, which the company absorbed.
By 1993, National Steel filed for bankruptcy due to liquidity problems. In January 2002 Dina closed its last factory (DINA-Trucks). Earlier it had separated from DINA-Buses, acquired by
Motor Coach Industries
(MCI).
Restart
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Since 2005 new businesses have arrived in the industrial area of Ciudad Sahagun, the result of several government attempts to restore the city's economy. Although it is generally considered that while Ciudad Sahagun may not return to its economic status of the past, it should have economic stability for a while.
Economy
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In 2008, Ciudad Sahagun housed 3 large companies, 17 medium-sized companies and 40 microenterprises, adding 60 companies and nearly 12,000 jobs, unlike 40.000 work places that had been made for nearly 36 years of tremendous progress. The
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget
(SCA),
Praxair
,
Gerdau
and
The Greenbrier Companies
are among companies that have recently arrived.
Bombardier split construction of 204
Flexity Outlook streetcars
, for the
Toronto Transit Commission
, and 182
Flexity Freedom light rail vehicles
for service in the
Greater Toronto Area
between its Ciudad Sahagun factory, and one of its factories in
Thunder Bay, Ontario
.
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Welding the basic chassis was to take place in the Ciudad Sahagun factory. Bombardier fell years behind in delivery of these vehicles. Reports in the Canadian press repeated claims that the workers in the Thunder Bay plant that the work done in Ciudad Sahagun was incompetent. Bombardier tried to accelerate construction by opening an additional production line at its plant in
Kingston, Ontario
.
Festivities
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- The September 15th Parade,
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the Mexican Independence Day (
Cry of Dolores
), where most of the local schools participate.
- The November 20th Parade takes place through the main streets of the city where schools focus on a single topic: the extracurricular activities of each campus. The students show their sports and cultural skills.
- The anniversary of the founding of the city, which is celebrated the second week of October. Cultural, artistic and sports events are held that entire week at
Rodrigo Gomez
Square (Downtown).
- The pilgrimage of December 12. The tradition is to form an allegorical float and walk around with images of the Virgin of Guadalupe through the main streets of the city until the main church is reached, located in front of Rodrigo Gomez Square. The allegorical floats are adorned with flowers and accompanied by music. At the end, each image of the virgin is placed in the church and the parish priest presides over a special mass. Once this is finished, people are invited to watch the fireworks show that takes place at Rodrigo Gomez Square.
- Hidalgo's Paper Globe Festival.
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This tradition began in 2008 and is celebrated on the second weekend of the month of December. This festival consists of making and releasing paper balloons.
- National Huapango Competition.
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This competition takes place during the fair.
References
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"Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI)"
.
www.inegi.org.mx
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Ben Spurr, Edward Keenan, Marco Chown Oved, Jayme Poisson, Marina Jimenez, David Rider (2017-05-05).
"Not in service"
.
Toronto Star
.
Archived
from the original on 2018-07-06
. Retrieved
2018-07-06
.
Most notably, workers at the Sahagun plant were failing at what one official calls the "black art" of welding.
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Pedro Santoni (2009). The Mexican Wars for Independence. The Journal of Military History. p. 73, doi:10.1353/jmh.0.0404.
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“Realizaran festival de globos de papel en Ciudad Sahagun”, Criterio Hidalgo, December 8, 2017.
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Effeta, Redaccion (2017-09-06). “VAMOS A BAILAR. Actopan recibira Concurso Nacional de Huapango”. Effeta Diario digital de Hidalgo. Noticias, analysis y opinion.
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