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Atotonilco El Alto is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in Los Altos (Jalisco) region in central-western Mexico. [2] The municipality covers an area of 510.9 km 2. Atotonilco (pronounced ah-toh-toh-NEAL-co) means "place of hot waters", in Náhuatl. "El Alto"("The High One") was later added in honor of those who died in the Cristero War in the ...
The Altos are one of the two main tequila producing regions in the state of Jalisco, the other being the municipality of Tequila, Jalisco. The main tequila producing center in the region is Arandas [20] and the second region is Atotonilco El Alto. [21]
The Sanctuary of Atotonilco (Spanish: Santuario de Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco [atotoˈnilko]) is a church complex and part of a World Heritage Site, designated along with nearby San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. The complex was built in the 18th century by Father Luis Felipe Neri de Alfaro, who, according to tradition, was called ...
San Francisco de Asis is a town within the municipality of the Atotonilco El Alto located in the southeastern part of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. [1] It is named after the Italian Saint Francis of Assisi. At the time of the census of 2005, the town had a population of 5,167 inhabitants.
Ojo de Agua de Morán is 1980 meters above sea level. Along with neighbors of San Francisco de Asís, El Laurel, Agua Nueva, El Destierro, Los Adobes, Union de Guadalupe and La Purisima. A village founded in the 1750s by Morán de Ledesma families who are descendants of Salvador Morán de Ledesma (1630-1718) originally Teocaltiche, Jalisco.
Atotonilco is the name of several towns in Mexico. Atotonilco may refer to: Sanctuary of Atotonilco, Guanajuato, near San Miguel de Allende; Atotonilco de Tula, Hidalgo; Atotonilco El Alto, Jalisco; Atotonilco El Grande, Hidalgo; Atotonilco el Bajo, Jalisco
San Miguel el Alto is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 787 km 2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 26,971. [1] The municipality includes the town of San José de los Reynoso.
In 1583 the Spaniards called it "Ayo el Chico" to distinguish it from large town that was near San Pedro Piedra Gorda, in the now state of Guanajuato. In the year 620 and 623 came the Aztecs found the place already populated by indigenous groups. About 10 km south of the town is a hill called "Old Town" which was the first seat of the population.