Degollado
Sign in to saveDegollado () is a small town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in the cultural region of Ciénega, just south of Los Altos. The town is mainly rural in nature, but the municipality encompasses several concentrated residential areas, such as Huascato, Los Ranchitos, La Vibora, Buenos Aires, Las Limas, Altamira, La Chancla and El Corral de Piedra.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.official_name
- Degollado Los Altos
- Settlement.nickname
- La Puerta de Los Altos de Jalisco
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Degollado.jpg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo Armas-1-.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- File:Degollado (municipio de Jalisco).png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 175px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within the state of Jalisco
- Settlement.image_map1
- Mexico map, MX-JAL.svg
- Settlement.map_caption1
- Jalisco's location within Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jalisco
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Degollado
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Antonio Medina
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Degollado
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Degollado
- Population
- 11612
- Area
- 6
- Elevation
- 1789
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Degollado
- Official website
- degollado.gob.mx
- Image
- Degollado (20230710)2.jpg
- Dialing code
- 345
- Licence plate code
- 14
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- Commons category
- Degollado
- inception
- 1856-00-00
- native label
- Degollado
- postal code
- 47980
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Encyclopedic overview
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Degollado () is a small town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in the cultural region of Ciénega, just south of Los Altos. The town is mainly rural in nature, but the municipality encompasses several concentrated residential areas, such as Huascato, Los Ranchitos, La Vibora, Buenos Aires, Las Limas, Altamira, La Chancla and El Corral de Piedra.
The town is named after Mexican general Santos Degollado. A statue of him is in the Jardin de Niños which was made from coins from the townspeople during the early 1960s.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Degollado” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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