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Jalisco, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, [b] is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by six states, Nayarit , Zacatecas , Aguascalientes , Guanajuato , Michoacán , and Colima .
Abbreviations of Mexican federative entities Federative entity Conventional abbreviation 2-letter code* 3-letter code (ISO 3166-2:MX)Region Aguascalientes Ags. AG: MX-AGU: North-Central
The Jalisco Famous People Roundabout (Rotonda de los Hombres Ilustres) is a monument made of quarried stone, built in 1952 to honor the memory of distinguished people from Jalisco. A circular structure of 17 columns surrounds 98 urns containing the remains of those honored. Across the street is the municipal palace which was built in 1952.
The flag of Jalisco was adopted in 2011. It is colored blue and gold and bears the State Emblem in the center. It is colored blue and gold and bears the State Emblem in the center. The emblem has a diameter of three-quarters the width of the stripes.
The Altos de Jalisco, or the Jaliscan Highlands, is a geographic and cultural region in the eastern part of the Mexican state of Jalisco, famed as a bastion of Mexican culture, cradling traditions from Tequila production to Charrería equestrianism. Los Altos are part of the greater Bajío (The Lowlands) region of Mexico.
The coat of arms of Jalisco (Spanish: Escudo de Jalisco, lit. "state shield of Jalisco") is a symbol of the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco in Mexico. [1]This shield symbolizes the nobility and lordship of the city of Guadalajara; virtues that the Spanish crown recognized in the work and dangers that the city's inhabitants had endured in the conquest and settlement of the city. [2]
The term birria was originally the regional name given in Jalisco to meats cooked in a pit or earth oven, what is known in other parts of Mexico as barbacoa.. Cuban-Mexican writer Félix Ramos y Duarte defined the term in 1898 as a regionalism from Mexico City for goat barbacoa or roasted goat. [12]
the Mexican state of State of Jalisco, on the Mexican Plateau and in the Sierra Madre Occidental; Subcategories. This category has the following 16 subcategories, out ...