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Annually, in mid-August, a carnival is held to celebrate Gaspar Yanga, the former slave and leader who held off the
Spanish in their attack of 1609 on his maroon settlement in the highlands. Several years later, in 1618 he gained the founding of a free village and freedom for his band of maroons -
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recorded as the first free, Black autonomous region in the
Americas. The 400th anniversary carnival was held in August 2009, four centuries after the Spanish had attacked the settlement.
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In 1618 he finally negotiated with
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cleric who had accompanied the 1609 expedition sent by the
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261:
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226:Gaspar Yanga
224:
212:
209:Gaspar Yanga
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187:municipality
182:
181:
31:Municipality
1649:Las Choapas
1548:Tres Valles
1543:Tlacotalpan
1538:Tlacojalpan
1493:José Azueta
1180:Calcahualco
1145:Alpatláhuac
1112:Tlalixcoyan
1081:José Cardel
909:Ayahualulco
894:Alto Lucero
680:Tepetzintla
297:Agriculture
95: /
1743:Categories
1714:Texistepec
1659:Minatitlán
1609:Agua Dulce
1385:Tlaltetela
1360:Tepatlaxco
1350:Tehuipango
1330:Río Blanco
1235:Cuitláhuac
1165:Atlahuilco
1140:Acultzingo
1077:La Antigua
1019:Tlacolulan
984:Miahuatlán
959:Jalcomulco
914:Banderilla
851:Tlapacoyan
841:San Rafael
738:Coatzintla
733:Coahuitlán
685:Texcatepec
635:Cerro Azul
537:Chiconamel
403:2009-06-18
361:References
280:Cuitláhuac
151:Population
1699:Soconusco
1669:Nanchital
1654:Mecayapan
1614:Chinameca
1508:Otatitlán
1458:Amatitlán
1425:Zongolica
1410:Xoxocotla
1390:Tlaquilpa
1370:Texhuacán
1280:Magdalena
1275:Los Reyes
1199:Tamarindo
1160:Astacinga
974:Las Minas
964:Jilotepec
954:Jalacingo
899:Altotonga
788:Tihuatlán
783:Tecolutla
778:Poza Rica
743:Coxquihui
728:Chumatlán
700:Zacualpan
665:Ixcatepec
660:Ilamatlán
597:Tantoyuca
504:(capital)
491:State of
311:sugarcane
270:Geography
204:cimarrons
165:Time zone
1724:Zaragoza
1719:Uxpanapa
1704:Soteapan
1664:Moloacán
1639:Jáltipan
1604:Acayucan
1571:Catemaco
1553:Tuxtilla
1527:Xochiapa
1453:Alvarado
1400:Tomatlán
1395:Tlilapan
1375:Tezonapa
1340:Sochiapa
1300:Naranjal
1285:Maltrata
1270:La Perla
1245:Huatusco
1230:Cuichapa
1210:Coetzala
1205:Chocamán
1122:Veracruz
1092:Medellín
1067:Cotaxtla
1014:Tepetlán
1004:Tatatila
989:Naolinco
949:Ixhuacán
943:Dos Ríos
929:Coatepec
904:Apazapan
861:Yecuatla
831:Misantla
773:Papantla
768:Mecatlán
582:Tamiahua
493:Veracruz
380:Callaloo
341:Twinning
214:cimarron
195:Veracruz
132:Veracruz
33:and town
1684:Pajapan
1679:Oteapan
1405:Totutla
1365:Tequila
1355:Tenampa
1315:Orizaba
1310:Omealca
1305:Nogales
1220:Córdoba
1175:Atzacan
1029:Tonayán
1009:Teocelo
889:Actopan
884:Acatlán
879:Acajete
811:Atzalán
753:Espinal
748:Coyutla
675:Tancoco
645:Chontla
592:Tantima
577:Tamalín
547:El Higo
355:Ireland
351:Wexford
347:twinned
288:Omealca
228:was an
221:History
108:Country
83:96°48′W
80:18°50′N
1420:Zentla
1215:Comapa
1170:Atoyac
1155:Aquila
1072:Jamapa
1039:Xalapa
994:Perote
836:Nautla
816:Colipa
695:Tuxpan
562:Pánuco
532:Chalma
502:Xalapa
315:coffee
284:Atoyac
257:Jesuit
242:Mexico
211:, the
199:Xalapa
159:15,547
120:Mexico
117:
1674:Oluta
1443:Acula
1415:Yanga
349:with
319:mango
307:beans
303:maize
276:Yanga
234:Gabon
185:is a
183:Yanga
170:UTC-6
127:State
58:Yanga
23:Yanga
1483:Isla
1044:Xico
317:and
230:Punu
138:Area
236:in
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