Jalostotitlán
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The municipality of Jalostotitlán and its municipal seat of the same name are located in the Los Altos region of the state of Jalisco, México.
The municipality shares its border on the north with the municipaly of Teocaltiche, the east with the municipality of San Juan de los Lagos, to the south with the municipality of San Miguel el Alto, to the southwest with the municipality of Valle de Guadalupe, and to the west with the municipality of Cañadas de Obregón.
The city is located in a mid-section of the country, with semi-desert, arid lands to the north and more fertile lands to the south. Winters are relatively mild and hot summers. The municipality also includes the towns of Teocaltitán de Guadalupe and San Gaspar de los Reyes. The center of town are the churches that originate from the 1500s, when the city was first founded.
"Jalostotitlán" means "between the caves of sand" in Nahuatl.
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[edit] Population
The population of the municipality of Jalostotitlán totaled 28,100 inhabitants according to the 2000 census. Of these, 20,201 reside in the municipal seat. Similar to the rest of the Los Altos region, Jalostotitlán did not retain a large indigenous population. Only two-tenths of one percent of inhabitants speak an indigenous language according to the census.
[edit] Economy
The main acitivities in the municipality are agriculture, cattle-farming and the services industry. In the past 15 years, Jalostotitlán has become a relevant manufacturing center, producing shoes, leather goods and dairy products.
Further, as in most other central Mexican states, because of the migration to the United States (especially California, Texas, Arizona, and Illinois) has been common since the mid-1900s, remittances has become a major source of income for many families
[edit] History
In 1164, the residents of the area (mostly from the Tlaxcaltec, Tecuexe and Caxcan tribes) resisted Aztec advances, who had just settled in nearby Teocaltiche for a period of 40 years before moving on to Tenochtitlán.
The Spaniards first arrived in the area during the conquest of Tonalá under Captain Pedro Almíndez Chirino with the 350 Spaniards and 500 Tarascan and Tlaxcaltecs under his control.
After a series of rebellions, the area was placed under the Spanish crown in 1541. The town of Jalostotitlán was founded by Fray Miguel de Bologna in 1544.
After Independence, Jalostotitlán gained status of town in 1838. The municipality of Jalostotitlán was created on the 21st of May, 1872.
Jalostotitlán was elevated to status of city on September 1, 1970 and made seat of the municipality.
[edit] Sources
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios del Estado de Jalisco [1]
- Insituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática [2]
