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Mexticacán Municipality
Also known as Mexticacan Municipality, Mexticacán, Mexticacan
Mexticacán is a town and municipality in the Southern Zone of Los Altos Region of Jalisco. Mexticacán comes from the Nahuatl language and means "place where the temple for the worship of the moon".
Key facts
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- Mexticacán
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- Municipality and town
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- Escudo municipal de Mexticacán, Jal.svg
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- File:Mexticacán.png
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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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- Location in Mexico
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- Country
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- State
Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- 7th century
- 19th century
- 20th century
- 21st century
- Government
- Municipal presidents
- References
Mexticacán is a town and municipality in the Southern Zone of Los Altos Region of Jalisco. Mexticacán comes from the Nahuatl language and means "place where the temple for the worship of the moon".
==History== ===Early history=== The first settlers of Mexticacán were Tecuexe, who placed their villages at the foot of the mountains, where there were real strengths to fend off the Chichimecas. Those settlers were known to engaged in the manufacture of earthenware clay during break from work. Due to their late night engagements they became known as "Men who work in the moonlight".
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