Etzatlán Explained

Etzatlán
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:200px
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jalisco
Area Total Km2:337.8
Area Blank1 Title:Town
Area Blank1 Km2:3.68
Population As Of:2020 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:20011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Town
Population Blank1:14697
Population Density Blank1 Km2:auto
Coordinates:20.7667°N -109°W

Etzatlán is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 337.8 km2.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 17,564.

It is home to the world’s largest crochet canopy, as certified by The Guinness Book of World Records.[2]

In 2020, the Chilean writer José Baroja dedicated a story entitled Etzatlán to this.[3]

Localities

NamePopulation (2005)
Etzatlán12,924
Oconahua2,132
Santa Rosalía1,079
La Mazata589
San Rafael (Hacienda de San Rafael)168
Puerta de Pericos (Tlachichilco)141
Palo Verde132
San Sebastián (Ex-hacienda de San Sebastián)98
El Amparo (La Embocada)64
La Quebrada63

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/admin/jalisco/14036/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Web site: Etzatlán. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. April 13, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20070331092330/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/jalisco/mpios/14036a.htm. March 31, 2007. dead.
  3. Web site: Etzatlán, por José Baroja . 2022-04-22 . letras.mysite.com.
  4. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bquintero.html Catholic Hierarchy