Tecalitlán

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Tecalitlán is a city in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, located just to the south of Ciudad Guzmán. According to the 1990 census, its population was 13,265.

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One of Tecalitlán's major industries is the growing of sugar cane.

[edit] Culture

Tecalitlán is at the heart of the region where mariachi music was developed, and in fact the most famous exponent of that genre, Vargas de Tecalitlán, was founded there in the 1890s (though now resident in Mexico City).

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Coordinates: 19°28′N 103°18′W

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