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The town is enclaved in the local and statewide touristic area Sierra de Quila, one of Jalisco's largest protected forests. Lagunillas is known region-wide as an enchanting place with red-colored dirt roads and adobe houses with wooden accents contrasting a solid dark green forest and the silhouette of the Cerro El Huehuentón .
San Juan de los Lagos is the second most visited pilgrimage shrine in Mexico, after the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City . The numerous shrines are important tourist attractions for the state of Jalisco: Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos, in San Juan de los Lagos. Our Lady of the Assumption, in Jalostotitlán.
Teocaltiche (Nahuatl languages: Teocaltillitzin "place near the temple") is a town and municipality in the central-western Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the northeastern highlands region of Jalisco, commonly referred to in Spanish as "Los Altos de Jalisco". The grasshopper or "chapulin" is a popular icon for the town.
Until 1529, Fray Antonio de Cuélla along with other missionaries and Spaniards settled in the town of Amecatl and built an adobe chapel, royal house, plaza, jail, hotel, and houses in what is now central Ameca, Jalisco. Though the population of Ameca spoke the Cazcan and Totonac languages, [6] [7] they generally used Nahuatl (mexicano). [7]
Unión de San Antonio is a town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is named after Saint Anthony of Padua since the first church built there was in his honor. As of 2005, the municipality had a population of 15,484. It is located about 32 km (20 mi) west of León, Guanajuato.
Yahualica is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of Jalisco, Mexico. It is one of the 125 municipalities that make up the state of Jalisco. Yahualica covers some 563.3 square kilometers and shares borders with the state of Zacatecas. The name Yahualica is thought to be derived from the indigenous roots of the Nahuas. It may be from ...
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.
Encarnación de Díaz is a town and municipality located in the far northeast of the state of Jalisco in north-central Mexico.It is located in a natural pass that connects the Los Altos region of Jalisco to points north, and from pre-Hispanic times until the 20th century, it was a major thoroughfare for north-south travel.