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Cerro El Huehuentón
The Cerro El Huehuentón ( nah, Huēhuēntōn "little old man") is the highest peak of the Sierra de Quila; it stands at 8,298 ft above sea level. El Huehuentón is located at about a 30-minute drive from Lagunillas, the largest population enclaved in the forest, between the municipalities of San Martín de Hidalgo and Tecolotlán, in Jalisco. It is not known why the mount got its peculiar name meaning "little old man", although the Tepenahuales, who spoke Nahuatl Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ..., inhabited the area since the 15th century. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cerro El Huehuenton Landforms of Jalisco Huehuenton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra De Quila
Sierra de Quila, officially the Sierra de Quila Flora and Fauna Protection Area, is a Mexican Flora and Fauna Protection Area in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It has an area of 15,193 hectares, and is located within six municipalities: San Martín de Hidalgo, Tecolotlán, Cocula, Atengo, Tenamaxtlán, and Ameca. The Sierra de Quila is part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, a system of mountains that runs east–west through central Mexico. The Sierra de Quila divides the basin of the Ameca River to the north from that of the Armería River to the south. History In the 1950s, the inhabitants of Tecolotlán, with the leadership of Gabriel Agraz García de Alba, founded a grouping that had as its principal objective the prevention of forestal exploitation of the area. From 1970 to 1980, more manifestations regarding the prevention of irrational forestal exploitation took place which pressured the municipality of Tecolotlán to create the Pro-Conservation Committee of the Forests ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |