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City of Jala, Nayarit, Mexico. Jala (Spanish: ⓘ) is both a municipality and a town in the Mexican state of Nayarit. As of 2005, the population of the municipality was 16,071, in a total area of 364.60 square kilometers. The population of the municipal seat of the same name was 9,631.
Ceboruco is a dacitic stratovolcano located in Nayarit, Mexico, northwest of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.The largest eruption, the Jala Plinian eruption, was around 930 AD ±200, VEI 6, releasing 11 cubic kilometres (2.6 cu mi) of tephra. [1]
Ixtlán is the most studied archaeological zone in Nayarit. Its influence zone extended to the present day municipalities of Ixtlán del Rio, Ahuacatlán, Jala and Santa Maria del Oro. Their main towns were Cacalután, Tepuzhuacán, Mexpan, Zoatlán, Xala, Jomulco, Tequepexpan, Camotlán, Tetitlán, Acuitapilco and Zapotán. [1]
Nayarit covers 27,815 square kilometers (10,739 sq mi), making it one of the smaller states in Mexico. [16] Nayarit is located between latitude lines 23°05' north and 20°36' south and longitude lines 103°43' east and 105°46' west. [17] Its terrain is broken up by the western ends of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains.
The ruins known as 'Los Toriles' is the principal archaeological site of the state of Nayarit, and one of the most important archaeological sites in Western Mexico due to its elaborate buildings, numerous burial sites, and clay figures. The principal temple is of circular construction and was dedicated to Ehécatl, god of the wind.
Jala may refer to: Jala, Iran or Jalabi, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran; Jala, Nayarit, a municipality in Mexico; Jala, either of two Palestinian settlements on the West Bank; see Template:Hebron Governorate; Jala (kuih), a traditional snack in Malaysia and Brunei; Jala (water) or Ap, Vedic term for water in Hinduism; Jala Brat (born ...