Tuxpan de Bolaños explained

Official Name:Tuxpan de Bolaños
Native Name:Kuruxi Manúwe (Wixárika language)
Settlement Type:Native Community
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Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Bolaños
Subdivision Type3:Native Community
Subdivision Name3:Tuxpan de Bolaños
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:1269
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:−06:00
Coordinates:21.875°N -104.013°W
Elevation M:1120

Tuxpan de Bolaños is a Huichol settlement in the Bolaños Municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.[1] In the Huichol language, it is named as Kuruxi Manúka. According to INEGI in 2010, its population was 1269. According to the Huichol people, the population of Tuxpan de Bolaños is roughly 2,000 people.[2]

Other communities belonging to the same culture are Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlan (Tuapurie), San Sebastian Teponahuaxtlán (Wautia), San Andres Cohamiata (Tatei Kie) and San Miguel Huaixtita (Tsikwaita), within the state of Jalisco and Guadalupe Ocotán (Xatsitsarie) in the state of Nayarit.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ¿Quién era el líder huichol asesinado en Tuxpan? . 2022-06-13 . EL DEBATE . es-MX.
  2. Web site: Historia . 2022-06-13 . Los Huicholes . es-ES.