Zapotlanejo Explained

20.6228°N -103.0689°W

Official Name:	Zapotlanejo
Other Name:	Zapotlán de los Tecuexes
Settlement Type:	Town and municipality
Total Type:	Municipality
Pushpin Map:	Mexico
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Jalisco
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Zapotlanejo
Area Total Km2:	718.8
Area Blank1 Title:	Town
Area Blank1 Km2:	8.62
Population As Of:	2020 census
Population Footnotes:	^[1]
Population Total:	64806
Population Density Km2:	auto
Population Demonym:	Zapotlanejense
Population Blank1 Title:	Town
Population Blank1:	33284
Population Density Blank1 Km2:	auto
Timezone:	Central (US Central)
Utc Offset:	-6
Timezone Dst:	Central (US Central)
Utc Offset Dst:	-5
Coordinates:	20.6228°N -103.0689°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	75430, 75883^[2]
Website:	www.zapotlanejo.com/

Zapotlanejo is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco.

According to the 2020 census, there were 64,806 inhabitants in the municipality. The municipality has a territorial extension of 718.8 km².

Toponymy

Zapotlanejo is a hybrid word, half Nahuatl and half Spanish. The Nahuatl word "Sapote" (from Nahuatl tzapotl) is a term for a soft, edible fruit and "tlan" (place). In addition, the name of the municipality includes the Spanish ending indicating locality "ejo."

Geography

Climate

History

The town of Zapotlán was previously known as Zapotlán de los Tecuexes, alluding to the name of its pre-Hispanic inhabitants, the Tecuexes, who established themselves in the area about 1218.

Spanish settlement in the area began around 1523. The area's Spanish settlers were subject to continuous attacks by Chichimec forces during the early colonial period.

The municipality's famous Bridge of Calderón was constructed during the government of Francisco Calderón Romero (1670–1672). The bridge was the site of the Battle of the Bridge of Calderón in 1811, which was a key battle in the Mexican War of Independence.

In 1860, republican troops led by General Ignacio Zaragoza defeated Leonardo Márquez near the town as he fled from Tepatitlán.

In 1824, Zapotlanejo was made capital of the Department of Tonalá. In 1825, the town was made part of the first canton of Jalisco (Guadalajara). In 1887, Zapotlanejo was part of the fourth department of the first canton of the state. The community was afforded status as a municipality by decree of April 8, 1844.^[3]

The Dos Lunas Tequila brand is produced just outside town.

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal president	width=85px	Term	Political party	width=180px	Notes
Gregorio C. Álvarez^[4]	1915–1916
Rosalío M. Barajas	1916–1917
Mariano Dávalos	1917
J. Rosario Orozco	1918
Gregorio C. Álvarez	1918
J. Rosario Orozco	1918
Gregorio C. Álvarez	1918
Fernando L. Hernández	1919
Francisco Flores	1919
Francisco Dávalos	1919
Francisco Flores	1920
J. Merced Reynoso	1920
J. Rosario Orozco	1921
Francisco Flores	1921
J. Merced Reynoso	1922–1923
Salvador Ruíz Gutiérrez	1923
Francisco Flores	1924
J. Trinidad Morales	1924
J. Jesús Flores	1925
Blas Hernández Ibarra	1926
Alfonso Cervantes	1926
J. Jesús Flores	1927
J. Rosario Orozco	1928
Andrés Orozco	1928
J. Trinidad Cervantes	1928
Alfonso Cervantes	1929
Andrés Orozco	1929
J. Trinidad Morales	1929
J. Rosario Orozco	1930	PNR
Gregorio C. Álvarez	1930	PNR
J. Jesús Flores	1930	PNR
J. Trinidad Morales	1931	PNR
Pedro Flores	1932	PNR
Francisco Robledo	1933	PNR
Narciso D. Aceves	1933	PNR
J. Jesús Casillas	1934–1935	PNR
Salvador Ruiz Gutiérrez	1935–1936	PNR
J. Trinidad Casillas	1937	PNR
Angel R. Dávalos	1937	PNR
J. Jesús Guillén	1938
Apolinario Pulido Velasco	1939–1940	PRM
J. Jesús Guillén	1941–1942	PRM
Ignacio Castellanos Borrallo	1943	PRM
Enrique Pérez de la Torre	1943–1944	PRM
Apolinario Pulido Velasco	1944	PRM
Miguel Pulido Velazco	1945–1946
Apolinario Pulido Velasco	1947–1948	PRI
Salvador Ruiz Gutiérrez	1949	PRI
Juan Francisco Ríos Morales	1949	PRI
Leopoldo Gutiérrez González	1950	PRI
José Víctor Sandoval Beltrán	1951–1952	PRI
Miguel Pulido Velasco	1953–1955	PRI
Jesús Mendoza Lomelí	1956–1958	PRI
Florentino Padilla Castellanos	1961	PRI
Gregorio Álvarez Dávalos	1961	PRI
Alfredo Álvarez Dávalos	1962–1964	PRI
J. Jesús Fernández Carranza	1965–1967	PRI
Jorge Humberto Sánchez	1968–1970	PRI
Victorino Gómez Sandoval	1971–1973	PRI
J. Jesús Aguilera Fernández	1974–1976	PRI
Rigoberto Hernández Olivares	1977–1979	PRI
Víctor Cervantes Álvarez	1980–1982	PRI
Alfredo Álvarez Dávalos^[5]	1983–1985	PRI
Pablo Coronado Lomelí	1986–1988	PRI
Héctor Macías de la Torre^[6]	1989–1992	PRI
Sixto Apolo Cervantes Álvarez^[7]	1992–1995
Raúl Cano Flores^[8]	1995–1997	PAN
Martín González Jiménez^[9]	01-01-1998–31-12-2000	PAN
José Luis Cardona Domínguez^[10]	01-01-2001–31-12-2003	PAN
Roberto Marín Nuño^[11]	01-01-2004–31-12-2006	PRI
Héctor Álvarez Contreras^[12]	01-01-2007–31-12-2009	PAN
Juan José Jiménez Parra^[13]	01-01-2010–30-09-2012
Francisco Javier Pulido Álvarez^[14]	01-10-2012–30-09-2015	PRI PVEM	Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco"
Héctor Álvarez Contreras^[15]	01-10-2015–30-09-2018
Héctor Álvarez Contreras^[16]	01-10-2018–14-05-2021	MC	He applied for a temporary leave, to solve personal matters
Sandra Julia Castellón Rodríguez	14-05-2021–17-05-2021	MC	Acting municipal president
Héctor Álvarez Contreras	17-05-2021–30-09-2021	MC	Resumed
Gonzalo Álvarez Barragán^[17] ^[18]	01-10-2021–