Tepatitlán de Morelos
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Tepatitlán de Morelos is a city founded in 1883, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the area known as Los Altos de Jalisco (Highlands of Jalisco), about 70 km east of state capital Guadalajara. Tepatitlán means “Hard Stone Place”, according to the Nahuatl language. With a 2005 census population of 82,975 it is the state's eighth-largest community and serves as a significant city outside of the capital. Its most distinctive features are a the Fine Baroque Cathedral and the fact that a State Agricultural University campus is located there. Its surrounding municipality of the same name had an area of 1,532.78 km² (591.81 sq mi) and a population of 126,625 in the 2005 census, but its territory and population have been reduced significantly since the beginning of 2007 with the creation of the new municipality of Capilla de Guadalupe from the eastern part of Tepatitlán de Morelos.
Tepatitlán is farther from its own state's capital than it is from the metropolitan area of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, in the neighboring state of Aguascalientes.
Tepatitlán is the biggest productor of eggs in Mexico.
Notable Natives include:
Jose Antonio Romero - President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation and Minister of the Interior (Interior) during the presidency of Anastacio Bustamante
Jose Gonzales - famous bullfighter known as "Carnicerito de Tepa"
[edit] References
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Jalisco Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- Creation of Capilla de Guadalupe Capilla de Guadalupe official website
[edit] External links
- Gobierno Municipal de Tepatitlán de Morelos Official website
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