Mazamitla (Spanish: [masa'mitla] ) is a town and municipality of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located 124 km south of Guadalajara in the Southeast Region and is a popular resort destination for travelers from Guadalajara and nearby urban centers. Its name comes from the Nahuatl and means "place where arrows are made to hunt deer"; its area is 288.9 km2. According to Count II Population and Housing, the municipality has 11671 inhabitants who are devoted mainly to the tertiary sector. For its natural environment is considered by the federal Secretariat of Tourism as a Pueblo Mágico.
Mazamitla | |
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Municipality and town | |
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.png) Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
  Mazamitla Location in Mexico  Mazamitla Mazamitla (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 19°54′55″N 103°01′15″W / 19.91528°N 103.02083°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Jalisco |
| Area | |
• Total | 288.9 km2 (111.5 sq mi) |
| • Town | 4.32 km2 (1.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 14,043 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| • Town | 8,142 |
| • Town density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Website | Official site |
Etymology
editThe name comes from the Nahuatl language and is the union of the words "Mazatl" (deer), "Mitl" (arrow) and "tlan" (place). Its meaning has been interpreted in different ways:
- "Where deer are hunted with arrows"
- "Where deer hunting arrows are made"
- "Deer-hunting fletchers' place"
- "Where fuentes are hunted with arrows"
History
editMazamitla was founded by the Aztecs in 1165. It belonged to the manor of Tzapotlán. Mazamitla paid tribute to the main city of its province, Tamazollan, also known as Tamazula.[2] In 1481 the area was invaded by the Purépecha so that they could take the Laguna de Sayula. Purépecha held the area for only a few years until they were defeated at the end of the Salitre War in 1510.
The place was conquered by Cristóbal de Olid together with Juan Rodríguez Villafuerte in early 1522.[3] Their party had been sent by Cortés to explore the region of western Mexico. Upon the conquest, the people of Tzapotlán were awarded to Hernán Cortés who appointed Anton Salcedo as encomendero. Being named president of the Audiencia of Mexico, Nuño de Guzmán moved these parcels to Cortés.
It said that when he was priest of this area, Miguel Hidalgo, held mass in Palo Gordo. He used the trunk of an oak that is now saved as a relic to serve as the altar for mass. Insurgent clashed in 1812 in the slope of Zapatero. Francisco Echeverria was their captain, who despite having emerged victorious was seriously injured, dying in Mazamitla. During the French intervention, the invaders burned files. After the French intervention the Mexican locals of Mazamitla captured a French officer named Jonny Fuentes who was hanged in the year 1815 in the town square.
Since 1825 the town had belonged to the 4th canton of Sayula until 1878, when it became a 9th canton of Ciudad Guzmán. On April 19, 1894 the place was declared a town by decree of the state congress. After the battle of 1878, the population of Mazamitla has largely increased over the years. The chief operating officer Alexis ceja demanded that the pueblo increase its tourism and created the idea of making cabins for future residents and guests of Mazamitla.
Geography
editLocation
editMazamitla is located in the south-central area of Jalisco, south of Lake Chapala at coordinates 19º47'30" to 19º59'00" north latitude and 102º58'35" to 103º10'45" west longitude, at an altitude of 2200 meters above sea level.
On the north the town abuts the town of La Manzanilla de La Paz, the state of Michoacán and the town of Valle de Juárez, on the east by the town of Valle de Juárez, on the south by the municipalities of Valle de Juárez and of Tamazula de Gordiano; on the west by the municipalities of Concepción de Buenos Aires and La Manzanilla de La Paz.
Orography
editIts surface is composed of hilly areas (35%), with hills occupied by forests, with heights ranging from 2200 to 2800 meters. Land semiplane (40%) are hills and slopes, with heights ranging from 2000 to 2200 meters above sea level and flat areas (25%), with elevations ranging from 200 to 1800 meters above sea level. The maximum heights are in Cerro El Jackal and Cerro del Tigre.
Floor
editThe territory is made up of land belonging to the Tertiary period. The land is hilly and broken, its composition is prevalent types luvisol, feozem háplico and litosol. The municipality has a land area of 17718 hectares, of which 3495 are used for agriculture, livestock in 3095, 10516 are from forest use, urban land are 206 hectares and 442 hectares have other uses. As far as ownership is concerned, an area of 6432 hectares is private and the other 11286 is communally or publicly owned.
Hydrography
editIts water resources are the rivers: La Pasión, Río de Gómez, Los Cazos, Ponche Grande and la media luna; streams: El Salto, Barranca Verde, El Ruido, Cuate, Barranca, Los Puentes and La Cuesta; The Springs: Barranca los Hoyos, Paso Blanco, La Pasión y Boca de Tinieblas.
Climate
editThe climate is subtropical highland, with dry, mild winters. The average annual temperature is 21°C(69.8°with maximum of 25.7°C (78.26°F) and minimum of 7.1°C(44.78°). The rainfall recorded between June and September, with an average rainfall of 982 millimeters. The average annual number of days with frost is 52.6. The prevailing winds head south.
| Climate data for Mazamitla | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32.0 (89.6) |
30.0 (86.0) |
34.0 (93.2) |
39.0 (102.2) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.0 (95.0) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
29.5 (85.1) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.0 (82.4) |
39.0 (102.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 20.3 (68.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
24.1 (75.4) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.4 (70.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.4 (70.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
22.7 (72.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
19.0 (66.2) |
18.0 (64.4) |
16.4 (61.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
16.3 (61.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.9 (58.8) |
13.9 (57.0) |
16.0 (60.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.4 (43.5) |
6.6 (43.9) |
7.9 (46.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
11.0 (51.8) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
11.4 (52.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
9.7 (49.5) |
8.3 (46.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.4 (48.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
1.0 (33.8) |
2.0 (35.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
6.0 (42.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.0 (35.6) |
0.0 (32.0) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29.7 (1.17) |
15.6 (0.61) |
9.7 (0.38) |
11.4 (0.45) |
44.2 (1.74) |
178.6 (7.03) |
231.3 (9.11) |
199.6 (7.86) |
161.4 (6.35) |
98.4 (3.87) |
26.7 (1.05) |
15.9 (0.63) |
1,022.5 (40.26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 15.9 | 20.7 | 18.7 | 15.5 | 9.6 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 95.7 |
| Source: Servicio Meteorologico Nacional[4] | |||||||||||||
Flora and fauna
editIts flora is composed mainly of pine, oak, arbutus, huizache, mesquite, palo dulce, nopal, granjeno, and some fruit species.
The wildlife includes deer, porcupine, wild cat, rabbit, squirrel, the eagle, the sparrowhawk, chachalaca and wild guajolote.
Economy
edit26.37% of the population is engaged in the primary sector, 26.45% in the secondary sector, 42.31% in the tertiary sector and the rest were not specified. 30.78% is economically active. The main economic activities are: agriculture, forestry, fisheries, livestock, industry and services.
- Agriculture: cultivated corn, oats, barley, beans, potatoes, broad beans and tomatoes.
- Livestock: breeding cattle, pigs, cows and horses. In addition to birds.
- Tourism: architectural and natural attractions.
- Trade: these include restaurants, shops and market. Predominates the sale of essential goods and shops that sell mixed miscellaneous items.
- Services: provided financial services, professional, technical, communal, social, tourism, personal and maintenance.
- Industry: food processing plants such as dairy products, canned food and cajeta.
- Logging: Primarily pine and oak.
- Mining: there are deposits of lime, sand as well as use of quarries.
Infrastructure
editEducation
edit90.11% of the population is literate, of whom 31.28% have completed primary education. The municipality has 18 preschools, 30 Elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 1 high school, and 2 job training centers.
Health
editHealth care is supported by the Ministry of Health of the state, the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado and private doctors. El Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) is in charge of social welfare.
Sport
editThere are sports centers, with the following sports practiced: football, basketball, volleyball and extreme sports like hiking, mountaineering, hunting, and racing. The town also has a cultural center, plaza, cinema, palenques, a museum, municipal auditorium, lienzo charro, parks, gardens, and a library.
Housing
editThere are 2674 houses, most of which are privately owned. 96.33% have electric service, 76.93% have sewer and drinking water service. Most construction is usually made of tile, adobe, concrete and brick.
Services
editThe municipality has potable water, sewerage, street lighting, markets, rastro, cemeteries, roads, public cleaning services, public safety, parks, gardens, and sports centers. 89.9% of residents have drinking water, sewerage 80.9% and 93.3% of electric power.
Ways and means of communication
editMazamitla has access to mail services, fax, telegraph, telephone, radio services, as well as radio and television signals. The transportation is carried across the road Guadalajara–Tuxcueca-Mazamitla. It has a network of rural roads that connect the localities; transportation is carried out in public buses or rental vehicles and taxis. The foreign ground transportation is carried out in public buses, the most important are: Buses Valle de Juarez, Autobuses de Occidente, Autobuses Flecha Amarilla, Autobuses del sur de Jalisco, Autotransportes de Mazamitla, y Autobuses de Tamazula.
Demographics
editAccording to Count II Population and Housing, the municipality has 11,671 inhabitants, of whom 5,502 are male and 6,169 are female; 0.53% of the population are indigenous peoples
| Year | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 |
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| Population | 8,765 | 10,226 | 11,004 | 15,742 |
Religion
editIn the population 96.92% profess Catholicism; there are also believers of Jehovah's Witnesses, Protestants and believers of other religions. 0.30% of the inhabitants profess to practice no religion whatsoever.
Culture
editSites of interest
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- La casa de los fuentes.
Fiestas
edit- Fiestas de San Cristobal (patron saint of people) in the second week of July.
- Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe: from 4 to 12 December.
- Patriotic Fiestas: September 15 and 16.
- Festival de las flores Weekends of October
- Celebrations of the founding of Mazamitla: from 27 to 30 March.
Government
editThe form of government is democratic and depends on the state and federal governments; elections are held every 3 years, which elects the mayor and his cabinet. The municipal president is Jorge Enrique Magaña Valencia, a member of the party named Hagamos, who was elected on 6 June 2021. The municipality has 58 villages, the most important are: La Cofradía, Corral Falso, Epenche Grande, Epeche Chico, Puerto de Cuevas, Puerta del Zapatero, El Zapatero, La Huevera, Llano de los Toros.
Municipal presidents
edit| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
| Silvestre Ceja Zepeda[5][6] | 1983–1985 | PRI 
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| Eduardo Sánchez Martínez | 01-01-1986–31-12-1988 | PRI
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| Cirilo Chávez Anguiano[7] | 01-01-1989–1992 | PRI
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| Enrique González Gálvez[8] | 1992–1995 | PRI
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| Aurelio Bonifacio Toscano Hernández[9] | 1995–1997 | PRI
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| Ismael Rogelio Pulido Mata[10] | 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 | PRD .svg){kind=logo}
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| Eduardo Anaya Ruan[11] | 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 | PRI
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| Miguel Mejía Contreras[12] | 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 | PRI
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| Eduardo Anaya Ruan[13][14] | 01-01-2007–31-12-2009 | PRI
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| Jorge Bernal Lara[15] | 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 | PRD
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| Eduardo Anaya Ruan[16] | 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 | PRI PVEM .svg){kind=small}
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| Antonio de Jesús Ramírez Ramos[17] | 01-10-2015–30-09-2018 | PRI PVEM
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| Antonio de Jesús Ramírez Ramos[18] | 01-10-2018–30-09-2021 | PVEM
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Was reelected on 1 July 2018 |
| Jorge Enrique Magaña Valencia[19] | 01-10-2021– | Hagamos .svg){kind=small}
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Twinned cities
editMazamitla is officially twinned with 2 cities and associated with 1 state of USA
Denton, Texas- Cincinnati, Ohio
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Kentucky - Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- Norco, California Mayor Armando Chavez
References
edit- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Mazamitla municipality with localities
- ^ Paredes Martínez, Carlos (2023-02-10). "Los tarascos rivales de Tenochtitlan. Una década en la ruta conquistadora de Michoacán, el norte y el noroccidente de Mesoamérica". Antropología Americana. 8 (15): 49–72. doi:10.35424/anam.v8i15.1610. ISSN 2521-7615.
- ^ Paredes Martínez, Carlos (2023-02-10). "Los tarascos rivales de Tenochtitlan. Una década en la ruta conquistadora de Michoacán, el norte y el noroccidente de Mesoamérica". Antropología Americana. 8 (15): 49–72. doi:10.35424/anam.v8i15.1610. ISSN 2521-7615.
- ^ "NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1951-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
- ^ "Ayuntamiento de Mazamitla. Cronología de los Presidentes Municipales" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Cómputo del Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco en las Elecciones de munícipes, 1982. Mazamitla. PRI: 885 votos. Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores (PST): 296 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes, 1988. Mazamitla. PRI: 1052 votos. Partido Auténtico de la Revolución Mexicana (PARM): 408 votos. PAN: 87 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Elección de munícipes, 1992. Mazamitla. PRI: 1577 votos. PAN: 1308 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Elección de munícipes, 1995. Mazamitla. PRI: 2172 votos. PAN: 950 votos. Partido del Frente Cardenista de Reconstrucción Nacional (PFCRN): 415 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes, 1997. Mazamitla. PRD: 2428 votos. PRI: 1934 votos. PAN: 254 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes del 12 de noviembre de 2000. Mazamitla. PRI: 2518 votos. PRD: 2029 votos. PAN: 448 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Integración de votos correspondientes a cada partido por municipio, elecciones del año 2003. Mazamitla. PRI: 2094 votos. PRD: 2017 votos. PAN: 537 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Listado de presidentes municipales electos, Jalisco" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultado de los cómputos municipales, 5 de julio de 2006. Mazamitla. PRI: 2238 votos. PRD-PT: 1540 votos. PAN: 915 votos. PC: 425 votos. PVEM: 209 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Proceso electoral 2009. Ayuntamiento de Mazamitla. PRD: 2062 votos. PRI: 1835 votos. PAN: 943 votos. PT: 906 votos. Convergencia: 254 votos. PVEM: 95 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Integración ayuntamientos 2012. Anexo V. Mazamitla. PRI-PVEM: 4081 votos. PRD: 1459 votos. PAN: 792 votos PT-MC: 336 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Resultados de la elección de munícipes. Proceso electoral local ordinario 2015. Integración de ayuntamientos 2015. Mazamitla. PRI-PVEM: 2892 votos. MC: 2459 votos. PAN-PRD: 1266 votos. Morena: 83 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Integración de ayuntamientos, 2018. Anexo 4. Mazamitla. PVEM: 3236 votos. PRI: 2069 votos. MC: 1453 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Proceso electoral concurrente 2021. Integración de Ayuntamientos, 2021. Mazamitla. Hagamos: 2896 votos. PVEM: 2252 votos. MC: 1840 votos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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