Teocaltiche

Teocaltiche ( "place near the temple") is a town and municipality in the central-western Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the northeastern highlands region of Jalisco, commonly referred to in Spanish as "Los Altos de Jalisco". The grasshopper or "chapulin" is a popular icon for the town.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Teocaltiche
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and Town
Settlement.other_name: Tequaliche
Settlement.native_name: Teocaltillitzin
Settlement.nickname: Teocal
Settlement.image_skyline: Teocaltiche.jpg
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo teocaltiche.jpg
Settlement.image_map: File:Teocaltiche (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_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jalisco
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Population: 41278
Elevation: 1773
Image: Teocaltiche.jpg

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Commons category: Teocaltiche, Jalisco

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Teocaltiche is one of the oldest settlements with Hispanic influence from the time of the Spanish conquest. The "Hospital de los Indios" (or alternatively "la Capilla") is a chapel in the city centre and the oldest standing building of Teocaltiche, built around 1546 by the Spanish conquistadors. The territory was conquered by Cristóbal de Oñate and Manuel de Ibarra in March 1530 on the order of Nuño de Guzmán.