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Moyahua
Moyahua de Estrada Zacatecas is one of the southern municipalities in Zacatecas State in theme border with the state of Jalisco . It has a population of around 3500 people. More than 2000 people from Moyahua live in the United States, most of them in California (Northern California). Moyahua is surrounded by Juchipila,Santa Rosa, Cuxpala,and Mezquital del Oro in Zacatecas and by Ixtlahuacán del Río and Cuquío in Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ... Municipalities. The town's church is centered on Apostol Santo Santiago, celebrating on July 24, 25, and 26. The 25th being the main day when about 10,000 people visit every year. It is also known for its distinct town square that is closed off with four main entry points, one of three in the entire country. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacatecas
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Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and is bordered by six states, which are Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacán, and Colima. Jalisco is divided into 125 municipalities, and its capital and largest city is Guadalajara. Jalisco is one of the most economically and culturally important states in Mexico, owing to its natural resources as well as its long history and culture. Many of the characteristic traits of Mexican culture, particularly outside Mexico City, are originally from Jalisco, such as mariachi, ranchera music, birria, tequila, jaripeo, etc., hence the state's motto: "Jalisco es México." Economically, it is ranked third in the country, with industries centered in the Guadalajara metropolit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixtlahuacán Del Río
Ixtlahuacán del Rio is a town and municipality in the center of the Mexican state of Jalisco, a little less than from state capital Guadalajara. It stands at above sea level; the climate is semi-arid, with a mild winter and an average annual temperature of . Pre-Hispanic antecedents of Ixtlahuacán del Río ''Ixtlahuacán'' is a word of Nahuatl origin; the name means "flat place". It was founded by the Toltecs in approximately AD 610; it is hard to be certain of the exact date of founding, because none of the groups who inhabited the region — Tecuexes, Tepehuanes, Coanes, Cazcanos, and Zacatecos — had a written language in this period. Toponymy Ixtlahuacán is a word of Nahuatl origin, it is the union of the words '' "Ixtláhuatl" '' (plains) and '' "Can" '' (place); therefore, it means: '' "Place of Plains" ''. History It was founded by the Toltecs at the beginning of the 7th century when they passed through the region. Possibly he was first in Tlacotán where t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuquío
Cuquío is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 252 square miles (653 km²). It limits to the North with the municipality of Yahualica and the State of Zacatecas; to the South, Zapotlanejo and Acatic; to the East, Yahualica and Tepatitlán; and to the West, Ixtlahuacán del Río. Its name derives from the word ''Cuixui'', which in the Aztec language Náhuatl means kite, and is interpreted as "place of kites," or in Tarascan language, "place of frogs or toads." The foundation of the town is awarded to the Purépechas (Tarascans) who repeatedly ventured through these valleys after the Saltpeter War (1480-1510) (Guerra del Salitre). As a third version about the origins of the municipality name, it is well known that the tribe of coquias settled in La Cofradía, two kilometers (1.24 miles) from the current town, whose name is conjectured the denomination comes from. Cuquío also depended on the Tonalteca kingd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
