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Rayón, San Luis Potosí

Municipality and town in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Rayón, San Luis Potosí
Municipality and town
Templo del Refugio
Location of the municipality in San Luis Potosí
Country	Mexico
State	San Luis Potosí
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Rayón is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí in central Mexico.^[1]

History

Spanish settlement in the area that became the municipality began in 1617 with the founding of a Franciscan mission by Fr. Juan Bautista Mollinedo and Fr. Juan de Cárdenas, The mission was called "San Felipe de los Gamotes".^[1] The mission was abandoned as the local Indians died out or fled to the mountains.^[2]

On 8 October 1827 the town of Nuevo Gamotes was formally established.^[3]^[2]

Settlements

Aguacatillos
Amoladeras
Arvizu
Bartolo Bueno
Basilio Martínez
Benito Ibarra
Boca de la Cañada
Cerrito de Catarina
Cerrito de la Cruz

Colonia Paso Prieto
Crucero de Rayón
El Aguacate
El Epazote
El Huizachal
El Mirador
El Nogalito
El Obispito
El Pajarito

El Piruche
El Ranchito
El Sabinito
El Sótano
El Tigre
El Timbal
Emilio Azúa
Espirio González
Morelos

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b "Estado de San Luis Potosí: Rayón". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 2005. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007.
^ ^a ^b "Rayón, San Luis Potosí". Pueblos de Mexico (in Spanish). Telepaisa. Archived from the original on 3 August 2018.
^ Decree #61, article 26, (8 October 1827), San Luis Potosí state legislature.