Yahualica de González Gallo
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Yahualica is a municipality in the north of Jalisco.
The name Yahualica is derived from the indigenous name Ayahuallican, Yahualican, Ahualica or Yagualica, meaning "land surrounded by hills".
Yahualica's covers some 520.75 square kilometers and shares borders with the state of Zacatecas.
[edit] History
By 1165 the region's inhabitants were the Tecuexes, who later fought the Aztecs for control of the territory.
In about 1530 the Spanish, led by Cristóbal de Oñate, conquered the region.
[edit] Renowned people born in Yahualica
[edit] Yahualica in fiction
Yahualica is the setting for the novel Al filo del agua, written by Agustín Yáñez.
