Northern Mexico
Durango
Mapimí Municipality

Ojuela

Ojuela was a small mining settlement located 5 kilometres northwest of the nearest town, . The settlement is now well-known as a ghost town as a result of the ore being exhausted.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in Mexico
  • Also known as: “La Cajuela”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mapimi.

Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small, once thriving mining community in the northwestern state of . The town was largely abandoned in the early 20th century as the mineral deposits were exhausted, and today is largely a ghost town with a remaining population of about 5,000.

Ojuela

Latitude
25.79358° or 25° 47′ 37″ north
Longitude
-103.79127° or 103° 47′ 29″ west
Elevation
1,655 metres (5,430 feet)
Open location code
75QRQ6V5+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1876295721
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4003283
Wiki­data ID
Q6133079
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Ojuela” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Ojuela”
  • Dutch: “Ojuela”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوخويلا”
  • Irish: “Ojuela”
  • Japanese: “オハエラ鉱山”
  • Spanish: “Ojuela”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ojuela”. Photo: panza.rayada, CC BY-SA 3.0.