Nochistlán de Mejía

Also known as Nochistlán

thumb|town centre right|thumb|Nochistlán, Zacatecas Nochistlán () (Nahuatl: Nocheztlan, "land of cochineal") is a city in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, on December 3, 1531, hired Cristóbal de Oñate to establish a village in Nochistlán; the village would be named Guadalajara to honor Guzmán for having been born in Guadalajara. Guadalajara was founded in Nochistlán on January 5, 1532. Its first officials were Cristóbal de Oñate, Sancho Ortiz de Zúñiga, Juan de Albornoz and Miguel de Ibarra. They worked at this project for only 16 months and created the first layout of G

Key facts

Settlement.name: Nochistlán, Zacatecas
Settlement.official_name: Nochistlán de Mejía
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Nochistlan, Zacatecas.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Parián and Church of Nochistlán
Settlement.pushpin_map: Mexico Zacatecas#Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Zacatecas
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Nochistlán de Mejía

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Contents

Pueblo Magico
Music
Economy
Transportation
Traditions
El Papaqui
El Jardín
Las Fiestas de Octubre
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Notable people
See also
References
Location

The first news that we have regarding the natives of these lands points to the Tecuexe. These people established settlements around 1000. Later in the 12th century a new group of people moved in, these people were called Caxcan and they were from the valley in Tuitlán, which is now found in the municipality of Villanueva, Zacatecas. The Caxcan established Nochistlán () by driving out the Tecuexe by force.