Gustavo A. Madero

Gustavo A. Madero, formerly Guadalupe Hidalgo, city in south central Mexico, in the Distrito Federal (Federal District), near Mexico City. Manufactures include textiles, chemicals, and printed materials. A shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe, which attracts many pilgrims, now stands on the Hill of Tepeyac, where a Native American, Juan Diego, claimed to have had visions of the Virgin Mary in 1531. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed here on February 2, 1848, ending the Mexican War. The city received its present name in 1931. Population (2008 estimate) 1,178,903.