| Ixtlahuacán del Río | |
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| — Municipality and city — | |
| Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
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Ixtlahuacán del Río
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| Country | Mexico |
| State | Jalisco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 594.94 km2 (229.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 18,157 |
Ixtlahuacán del Rio is a town and municipality in the center of the Mexican state of Jalisco, a little less than 50 kilometers from state capital Guadalajara. It stands at 1,655 meters above sea level; the climate is semi-arid, with a mild winter and an average annual temperature of 19 degrees Celsius (66 degrees Fahrenheit).
Ixtlahuacán is a word of Nahuatl origin; the name means "flat place". It was founded by Toltecs approximately A.D. 610; it is hard to be certain of the exact date of founding, because none of the groups who inhabited the region — Tecuexes, Tepehuanes, Coanes, Cazcanos, and Zacatecos — had a written language in this period.