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Jocotepec Municipality
Sign in to saveJocotepec () is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 324.3 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 37,972.
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- Jocotepec
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- Municipality and town
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- 300px
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- 200px
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- Location of the municipality in Jalisco
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- Mexico
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- above
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- 300
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- State
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- Jalisco
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- Municipal
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- José Miguel Gómez López, Citizens' Movement 22px
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Jocotepec () is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 324.3 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 37,972.
==History== Perhaps as early as 100 BC, nomadic bands of people passed through the Lake Chapala Valley. Some moved on, others settled on the shore. Jocotepec, once Xuxutepeque, a small fishing village at the western end of the Lake, became a permanent home for the Nahua people in 1361. They built a temple to their god, Iztlacateotl, and practiced human sacrifice. The village became a trading and ceremonial site for the surrounding mountain area.