Juchipila
Sign in to saveJuchipila (Caxcan: Xuchipilan, "place of flowered nobles") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately southwest of the state capital Zacatecas City.
Key facts
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- Juchipila
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- Municipality
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- Vista Aerea juchipila.jpg
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- View of the municipal seat of Juchipila. Behind the bell tower of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi is the town plaza.
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- 70px
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- Mexico Zacatecas#Mexico
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- Location of Juchipila
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- Country
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- State
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- Seat
- Settlement.seat
- Juchipila
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- Municipal president
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jose Maria Castro Felix
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- Established
- Settlement.established_date
- 17 January 1825
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 338.6
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 12251
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Juchipila (Caxcan: Xuchipilan, "place of flowered nobles") is a municipality in the Mexican state of Zacatecas, located approximately southwest of the state capital Zacatecas City.
==Geography== The municipality of Juchipila is located at an elevation between in the Sierra Madre Occidental in southwestern Zacatecas. The municipality spans the canyon of the Juchipila River, a tributary of the Río Grande de Santiago, which is flanked by the Sierra de Morones to the west and the Sierra de Nochistlán to the east. The municipality borders the municipalities of Apozol to the north, Nochistlán de Mejía to the east, Moyahua de Estrada to the south, Mezquital del Oro to the southwest, Teúl de González Ortega to the west, and Santa María de la Paz to the northwest. The municipality covers an area of and comprises 0.4% of the state's area.