Cañitas de Felipe Pescador Municipality Cañitas de Felipe Pescador Municipality Cañitas de Felipe Pescador is one of the 58 municipalities in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. It is located in the northern part of Zacatecas and is bounded by the municipalities of Río Grande, Villa de Cos, and Fresnillo. The municipality covers a total surface area of . The municipal seat is also called Cañitas de Felipe Pescador. The first inhabitants of the Cañitas de Felipe Pescador region were the Huichol. In 1918, the region became populated with farmers. In 1921, governor Donato Moreno granted a motion to legally fund the Cañitas region with the
Felipe de Neve Felipe de Neve Felipe de Neve (1724–1784) was the fourth governor of "Las Californias", a province of New Spain,from 1775 to 1782. Neve is considered a founder of Los Angeles, California and helped to settle towns of Santa Barbara and San José whose surrounding communities became California cities. In 1781, Neve issued the first rules regarding governance of secular pueblos like Los Angeles, the "Regulations for the Government of the Province of the Californias" ("Reglamento para el gobierno de la provincia de Californias") Felipe de Neve was appointed governor of the Californias in 1775. For two years he was based