Etzatlán is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, in

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

in central-western

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

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

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Notable people

Luis Felipe Lomelí Luis Felipe Gómez Lomelí (January 10, 1975) is a Mexican writer and poet. He is best known for his flash fiction work " El emigrante" (The Migrant – 2005) and for the collection ''Todos santos de California'' (All Saints of California – 2 ...

(1975-), writer * Carlos Quintero Arce (1920-2016), was a Mexican prelate and at his death he was the oldest Mexican bishopCatholic Hierarchy
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Municipalities of Jalisco {{Jalisco-geo-stub