Altavista de Ramos is a

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an ori ...

in the municipality of

Ameca, Jalisco Ameca ( nah, Amecatl "string of water") is a city and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 685.73 km². The city is bisected by the Ameca River which drains to the Pacific Ocean near Puer ...

. The town's first inhabitants were from Mesa de Ramos, a nearby community atop a

mesa A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a ...

. Altavista is a

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, having organized streets and plots. The community has 332 residents and serves as a municipal agency for the Ameca municipality. The prime families of Altavista include the Quirarte, Rea and the Ramos. ''Altavista'' is Spanish for "high-view", mainly because the town is located on the foothills of a mountain.

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{{coord, 20, 26, N, 104, 01, W, display=title, region:MX_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Populated places in Jalisco