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Mazamitla
Sign in to saveMazamitla () 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 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. It is designated as a Pueblo Mágico by the federal Secretariat of Tourism for its natural environment.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Mazamitla
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- TemploMazamitla.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_shield
- EscudoMazamitla.gif
- Settlement.image_map
- File:Mazamitla (municipio de Jalisco).png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality in Jalisco
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Jalisco#Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- above
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 288.9
- Settlement.area_blank1_title
- Town
- Settlement.area_blank1_km2
- 4.32
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 14043
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Mazamitla
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Mazamitla Municipality
- Population
- 8142
- Area
- 5.5
- Elevation
- 2234
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Mazamitla Municipality
- Official website
- mazamitla.gob.mx
- Image
- TemploMazamicla.jpg
- Dialing code
- 382
- Licence plate code
- 14
Show 5 more facts
- heritage designation
- Pueblos mágicos
- Commons category
- Mazamitla
- inception
- 1165-00-00
- native label
- Mazamitla
- postal code
- 49500
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Etymology
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- Geography
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- Climate
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- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Education
- Health
- Sport
- Housing
- Services
- Ways and means of communication
- Demographics
- Religion
- Culture
- Sites of interest
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Mazamitla () 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 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. It is designated as a Pueblo Mágico by the federal Secretariat of Tourism for its natural environment.
==Etymology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mazamitla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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