Mezquitic Municipality is a municipality in the north of the state of
Jalisco,
Mexico
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.
It is bordered to the north east and west by the state of
Zacatecas
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. It also shares its northern border with
Huejuquilla el Alto Municipality and it shares its southern border with
Villa Guerrero Municipality and
Bolaños Municipality.
The municipality includes a number of autonomously governed Wixárika (
Huichol
The Huichol or Wixárika are an indigenous people of Mexico and the United States living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the states of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Durango, as well as in the United States in the states of California ...
) communities, including San Andrés Cohamiata.
The population in Mezquitic is predominantly Catholic Church, Roman Catholic, while other denominations are present in the region like Jehovah's Witnesses, Jehovah Witness, as well as The Seventh-day Adventist Church, Seventh-day Adventist church. Catholicism is primary religion in the region, as reflected in many religious festivities. Some of the main festivities that take place are the Feast of John the Baptist, Saint John the Baptist who Patron Saint of the town which is celebrated on June 24, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated on December 12 and Holy Week in which all week long there are different events taken place in the town and its outskirts. Some other festivities that take place that is not religiously based are the annual town festival that takes place from December 25 to December 31 and consists of various cultural and artistic events, regional sport tournaments, rodeos, and absentee day in which they celebrate those to immigrated to other parts of the country, or the United States but return annually for these festivities.
References
{{Jalisco
Municipalities of Jalisco