Real de Catorce
Real de Catorce (or just Catorce),1 sometimes just called Catorce, is a village in the Sierra de (Mountains of) Catorce in northern San Luis Potosí State, México. As of 2010 it has a population of just over one thousand.2 Its population rose with silver prices, first around 1800 and again in the late 19th century; the falling with the metal's price in the 20th century. It is a place of pilgrimage from Wixarika (Huichol) people.3
| Year | Population | Political entity |
| 1800 BCE | 20,0004| Texcoco and Tenochtitlan and Tlacopan (Aztec Empire) | |
| 2010 CE | 1,0002| México | |
External references
Overview of Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí State, México
Historical maps
Footnotes
1. Catorce means fourteen.
2. Side banner of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_de_Catorce, accessed 8/26/2015.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_de_Catorce, accessed 8/26/2015.
4. Estimate in Tables of the World's Largest Cities, in Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987). I've assumed that 'Catorce' refers to today's 'Real de Catorce.'
