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Calvario Guerrero Lourdes Gpe. April 2012
Free Challenge 4
What are the biggest cities in the state?
Gómez Palacio 
El Salto 
Santiago Papasquiaro 
Lerdo
Victoria de Durango 
How manypeople live in each city?
* Gomez Palacio has a population of 304,515 inhabitants according to the INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography).
* Salto Encantado has a populationof 2,401 inhabitants according to census 2001 (INDEC).
* Papasquiaro Santiago has a population of 41,539 inhabitants according to the INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography).
*Lerdo has a population of 129,191 inhabitants according to the INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography).

Compared with a few years ago, are the cities bigger,smaller,or about thesame size?
Are the largest cities

Calvario Guerrero Lourdes Gpe. April 2012

Free Challenge 5

Research renewable power in Mexico

1. Choose amajor renewable power project in Mexico.If you don’t know of any,use the information in lesson A to help you.

2. Research the project and make notes on it.Be sure you include the followinginformation:

• Project’s name
• Its location
• The energy type
• The cost and scale of the project
• Its benefits
• Why it is important
La energía eólica es obtenida del viento a través de unasturbinas que la convierten en electricidad, con hélices que hacen girar un eje central conectado a un generador eléctrico por medio de engranajes.
En México podemos encontrar la planta eólica de “LaVentosa”, ésta se encuentra en Oaxaca, para ser más exactos en el itsmo de Tehuantepec en el pueblo de La Ventosa y es operada por la Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). Tiene una capacidad de 1.5M.W y una adicional en aerogeneradores y aerobombas.
La zona de La Ventosa, es ideal para este tipo de proyectos, pues posee velocidades de viento de entre 5 y 20 m/s.
Algunas de las ventajas de...