| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| Gustavo A. Madero |
(g stä´v ä mäd ´r) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 1,268,068), Federal District, S central Mexico. Formerly called Guadalupe Hidalgo, it was renamed in 1931. It is the site of the Our Lady of Guadalupe shrine and is a major Roman Catholic pilgrimage center. The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), which ended the Mexican War, was signed there. |
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