Poncitlán is a town and

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, in

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in central-western

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. The municipality covers an area of 672.31 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 43,817.

Place Names

Poncitlán means "place of cilacayotes", "next to the shore chilares" or "place of God Ponze." It is located west of the Ocotlán municipality.

Sister cities

* Palmdale,

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(1998)

References

Municipalities of Jalisco {{Jalisco-geo-stub