Surely if you have ever traveled by plane at night, you have noticed that from the sky, looking down, you can see the lights that illuminate certain parts, whether in cities or rural areas, covering larger areas and illuminating much more, in areas where there is a greater population.
For the above, August Bruno Díaz took on the task of illustrating how these lights would look in each of the states of the Mexican Republic, according to the population each of them has.
These were shared through the X account (formerly Twitter) of Mapoteca de pZZ (@mapoteca_m), where they give a detailed analysis of them, so here we show you how the lights of the state of Chihuahua would look, seeing them from the sky.
How would the lights of the state of Chihuahua look when seen from the sky?
As we mentioned above, it was the Mapoteca de pZZ account that shared these maps and explained them in the form of a thread. In the first post, the entire state of Chihuahua appears, and it can be seen that there are some areas that are much more illuminated than others, which, according to the author of the tweet, correspond to Juárez, Chihuahua, Parral, Delicias, Cuauhtémoc and Nuevo Casas Grandes.
Later, this account uploaded a close-up of the northern part of the state, where it is indicated which municipalities or towns they are, and how many inhabitants they have, according to a census carried out in 2020. In this image they comment “Between the capital and Juárez (360km), the only town with more than 10 thousand people is Villa Ahumada”, which coincides with the fact that they are the places with the most little lights in the region.
In the next post, the focus goes to the east of the state, where the account explains that this area has very little population, so the number of lights is practically zero, however, in other areas such as Ojinaga, Delicias, Camargo and Jiménez, these are much more noticeable.
Then, in another image, the Copper Canyon area is shown, where there are municipalities and communities with less than a thousand inhabitants, such as Bocoyna, Areponapuchi, Bahuichivo and Urique, so these hardly appear illuminated on the map, contrary to San Juanito, where there are almost 11 thousand inhabitants, and Creel, with more than 4,600.
In another post, they focus on the south and south-central area of the state, where it can be seen that the municipalities of Meoqui, Delicias, Saucillo, Camargo, Parral, and Jiménez, have a larger population, since they are better illuminated. In addition, according to the publication, in this image “the Conchos River channel is clearly marked, a rich land of crops.”
Within the same thread, they published a photograph of how the state capital would look like this way, and for obvious reasons, it looks quite illuminated, since there is a population of more than 952 thousand inhabitants; while in other areas such as Aldama and Santa Eulalia, the “intensity” of these lights decreases.
On the other hand, in Cuauhtémoc, the area where the Mennonite fields are located, the center of the municipality, and the Anáhuac colony are clearly visible, because they are very illuminated, so much so that they even seem to be yellow lines.
Finally, they show the “Janos grassland area,” where according to the publication, you can find herds of bison, pronghorn, bald eagles, among others. In this area, the most illuminated towns or municipalities are Nuevo Casas Grandes, Ascensión, San Buenaventura, Casas Grandes, Janos, and the LeBarón Colony.
Source: elheraldodechihuahua
