. . . "Settled"@en . . . . . "Mexican president Porfirio D\u00EDaz"@en . "472.7448"^^ . . "137.269369847808"^^ . . . . . . . "31.16666603088379"^^ . . . . . . "Country"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "bottom"@en . . . . "Colonia Diaz 1916.jpg"@en . . . . . "auto"@en . . . . . "Colonia D\u00EDaz was the first permanent Mormon colony in Mexico, located along the Casas Grandes River in the northwest of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. It is now a ghost town bordered on the east by the Sierra Madre Occidental. It was the nearest colony to the Mexico\u2013United States border. By 1900, D\u00EDaz had grown to 623 inhabitants. In 1912, during the Mexican revolution, Colonia D\u00EDaz was intentionally burned and destroyed. Other neighboring colonies were established after Colonia D\u00EDaz in the late 19th century, of which only Colonia Dubl\u00E1n, sixty miles south of Colonia D\u00EDaz, and Colonia Ju\u00E1rez, 18 miles southeast of Colonia Dubl\u00E1n, are still inhabited."@en . . "1000"^^ . "Colonia D\u00EDaz was the first permanent Mormon colony in Mexico, located along the Casas Grandes River in the northwest of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. It is now a ghost town bordered on the east by the Sierra Madre Occidental. It was the nearest colony to the Mexico\u2013United States border. By 1900, D\u00EDaz had grown to 623 inhabitants. In 1912, during the Mexican revolution, Colonia D\u00EDaz was intentionally burned and destroyed. Other neighboring colonies were established after Colonia D\u00EDaz in the late 19th century, of which only Colonia Dubl\u00E1n, sixty miles south of Colonia D\u00EDaz, and Colonia Ju\u00E1rez, 18 miles southeast of Colonia Dubl\u00E1n, are still inhabited. Humans have lived in the Casas Grandes area for at least 1,900 years. The Mormon settlement was established in 1885 mostly to provide refuge for plural families escaping the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act, especially after the 1878 Reynolds v. United States ruling against polygamy. Therefore, Colonia D\u00EDaz is an early example of a planned community. Farming and stock raising became an important economic factor in the valley during the colonists' presence. By the time Colonia D\u00EDaz was ransacked during the Mexican Revolution, the colony had approximately 300 families. By the 1st of August 1912, all American families had left Colonia D\u00EDaz, none of which returned."@en . . . . "41695422"^^ . . "State"@en . "Colonia D\u00EDaz"@en . . . "31.166666666666668 -108.0" . . . . . . . "1124731461"^^ . "23565"^^ . . . "-108.0"^^ . "Remaining building in Colonia D\u00EDaz, 1916."@en . . . . "1000"^^ . . . . . "Colonia Diaz 1916"@en . . . . . . . . "Colonia D\u00EDaz"@en . . . . . . . "POINT(-108 31.166666030884)"^^ . "Ghost town, Former Mormon colony"@en . . . . "May, 1885"@en . . . . . . . . . "53"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Location of Colonia D\u00EDaz in Chihuahua"@en . . . "Mexico Chihuahua"@en . "Currently uninhabited"@en . . "1912"^^ . . . . . . "137269369.847808"^^ . . . . . . "Colonia D\u00EDaz"@en . . . . . . . . . "1551"^^ . .