Naica

Naica is a town in the Mexican state of . It is located in the municipality of Saucillo. As of 2010, the town of Naica had a population of 4,938, up from 4,775 in the 2005 INEGI Census. It is a mining town and the location of the renowned .
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  • Type: Town with 5,000 residents
  • Description: town in Saucillo Municipality, State of Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Also known as: “Lugar Sombreado”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cave of the Crystals and Naica Mine.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
or Giant Crystal Cave is a connected to the at a depth of 300 metres, in Naica, , . It takes the form of a chamber within the limestone host rock of the mine, and is about 109 metres long with a volume of 5,000 to 6,000 cubic metres, and an estimated mass of 12 tonnes.

Photo: Albertvila1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The of the Mexican state of , is a lead, zinc and silver mine. Located in Naica in the municipality of Saucillo, the is owned by Industrias Peñoles, the world's largest silver producer. discovered during mining operations contain gigantic crystals of CaSO4 · 2 H2O.

Naica

Latitude
27.85622° or 27° 51′ 22″ north
Longitude
-105.49232° or 105° 29′ 32″ west
Population
5,000
Elevation
1,359 metres (4,459 feet)
Open location code
75VPVG45+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1469278656
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3995142
Wiki­data ID
Q720980
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Naica” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Naica”
  • Catalan: “Naica”
  • Cebuano: “Naica”
  • Chechen: “Наика (Саусильо)”
  • Chechen: “Наика”
  • Dutch: “Naica”
  • French: “Naica”
  • German: “Naica”
  • Hebrew: “נאיקה”
  • Japanese: “ナイカ”
  • Persian: “نایکا”
  • Polish: “Naica”
  • Portuguese: “Naica”
  • Russian: “Найка”
  • Scots: “Naica”
  • Serbian: “Наика”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Naica, Chihuahua”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Naica”
  • Spanish: “Naica”
  • Swedish: “Naica”

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