Mazamitla

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Mazamitla (La Capital De La Montaña) is a town and population of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located 124 km south of Guadalajara in the Southeast Region. Its name comes from the Nahuatl and means "place where arrows to hunt deer are made"; its territorial extension is 177.18 km2. According to Count II Population and Housing, the municipality has 11671 inhabitants and are devoted mainly to the tertiary sector. For its natural beauty is considered by the federal Secretariat of Tourism as a Pueblo Mágico.

1 Toponomy
2 History
3 Physical Geography
4 Flora and Fauna
5 Economy

[edit] Toponomy

Mazamitla The word comes from the Nahuatl, is the union of the words "Mazatl" (Venado), "Mitl" (Flecha) and "tlan" (Lugar), its meaning has been interpreted in different ways:

"Lugar Donde se Cazan los Venados con Flechas"
"Lugar de Flecheros Cazadores de Venados"
"lugar Donde se Hacen Flechas para Cazar Venados".

[edit] History

Mazamitla was founded by the Aztecs in 1165. It belonged to the manor of Tzapotlán and pay tribute to the chieftain of Tamazollan in 1481 was invaded by Purépechas to seize the Laguna de Sayula, were to dominate a few years until they were defeated at the end of The War of Salitre in 1510.

This place was discovered and conquered by Cristobal de Olid together with Juan Rodriguez Villafuerte, early in the year 1522, to be sent by Hernan Cortes to explore the region of western Mexico. At be conquered with the lordship of Tzapotlán people belonged to him, he was automatically awarded to Hernán Cortés as instructed and appointed Anton Salcedo encomendero. Being named president of the Audiencia of Mexico, Nuno Beltran de Guzman moved to Cortez of these parcels.

It said that Miguel Hidalgo when there was pastor of internal held a mass in Palo Gordo. He served as the altar the trunk of an oak that is saved as a relic. In the slope of Zapatero clashed insurgents and realistic in 1812. Those commands Francisco Echeverria, who despite having emerged victorious was seriously injured, dying in Mazamitla. During The French intervention, the invaders burned files.

Since 1825 belonged to 4 ° canton of Sayula until 1878 in what happens at 9 canton of Ciudad Guzman. On April 19, 1894 was erected in town by decree of the state congress.

[edit] Physical Geography

[edit] Location

Mazamitla is located south of Jalisco, at coordinates 19 º 47'30 "19 º 59'00" north latitude and 102 º 58'35 "to 103 º 10'45" west longitude, at an altitude of 2200 meters above sea level.

The town abuts the north by the town of La Manzanilla de la Paz, the state of Michoacan and the town of Valle de Juárez, on the east by the town of Valle de Juarez, on the south by the municipalities of Valle de Juarez and of Tamazula de Gordiano; on the west by the municipalities of Concepción de Buenos Aires and La Manzanilla de La Paz.

[edit] Orography

Its surface is composed of hilly areas (35%), with hills occupied by forests, with heights ranging from 2200 to 2800 meters. Land semiplane (40%) are hills and slopes, with heights ranging from 2000 to 2200 meters above sea level and flat areas (25%), with elevations ranging from 200 to 1800 meters above sea level. The maximum heights are Cerro El Jackal and Cerro del Tigre.

[edit] Floor

The territory is made up of land belonging to the tertiary period. The land is hilly and broken, its composition is prevalent types luvisol, feozem háplico and litosol. The municipality has a land area of 17718 hectares, of which 3495 are used for agriculture, livestock in 3095, 10516 were from forest use, urban land are 206 hectares and 442 hectares have another use. As far as ownership is concerned, an area of 6432 hectares is private and another ejido 11286 is not exist communally owned.

[edit] Hydrography

Its water resources are the rivers: La Pasion, Rio de Gomez, Los Cazos, Ponche Grande and la media luna; streams: El Salto, Barranca Verde, El Ruido, Cuate, Barranca, Los Puentes and La Cuesta;The Springs: Barranca los Hoyos, Paso Blanco, La Pasión y Boca de Tinieblas.

The climate is semiseco, with dry winter, and mild winter without heat exchange well-defined. The average annual temperature is 21 ° C with maximum of 25.7 ° C and minimum of 7.1 ° C. The rainfall recorded between June and September, with an average rainfall of 982 millimeters. The average annual number of days with frost is 52.6. The prevailing winds are heading south.

[edit] Flora and Fauna

Its flora is composed mainly of pine, oak, arbutus, huizache, mesquite, palo dulce, nopal, granjeno, and some fruit species.

The wildlife includes deer, porcupine, wild cat, rabbit, squirrel, the eagle, the sparrowhawk, chachalaca and guajolote wild.

[edit] Economy

The 26.37% of the population is engaged in the primary sector, the secondary sector at 26.45%, 42.31% to the tertiary sector and the rest were not specific. [5] 30.78% are economically active. [5] The main economic activities are: agriculture, forestry, fisheries, livestock, industry and services.