Tlajomulco de Zúñiga facts for kids

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City and municipality
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Location of the municipality in Jalisco
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Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Area
• Municipality	674 km2 (260 sq mi)
• City	8.54 km2 (3.30 sq mi)
Elevation	1,585 m (5,200 ft)
Population  (2020 census)
• Municipality	727,750
• Density	1,079.7/km2 (2,796.5/sq mi)
• City	44,103
• City density	5,164.3/km2 (13,375/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Website	https://www.tlajomulco.gob.mx/

Tlajomulco de Zúñiga is the municipal seat and third most populous city in the municipality of the same name, located in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. It forms part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, lying to the southeast of it. The municipality covers an area of 636.93 km². As of 2010^[update] it had a population of 416,626, with a total urban population of 378,965.

Its name is interpreted from náhuatl as "Land in the Corner."

As it is part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, it has an industrial base and is a large commercial area. Guadalajara International Airport is located in the municipality.

Towns and villages

The municipality has the distinction of being the only one in Mexico with seven cities (localities) of over 25,000 inhabitants. It is also the only one with 20 localities of over 10,000 inhabitants. (Tijuana Municipality, Baja California and Chalco Municipality, State of Mexico both have nine.) The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

Toponymy

The name Tlajomulco comes from the Nahuatl tlalli (land), xomulli (corner) and co (place), which is interpreted as: "Land in the corner".

History

The area was conquered in 1530 by Nuño de Guzmán at the same time that the Indians of Tonalá were conquered. During the Viceroyalty of New Spain it was divided into the district of Nueva Galicia and was composed almost completely of the indigenous people who in turn were peasants.

During the following century it changed administrative functions and not until the 27 July 1939 did it get the name Tlajomulco de Zúñiga in honor of General Eugenio Zúñiga (native of Tlajomulco), and was converted into a leading municipality.

Its historical background dates back to the time when the Nahua people were here. The region of Tlajomulco belonged to the lordship of Tonallan and the inhabitants were called Tlajomulcas. In 1266, during the time of the King Tlajomulpilli, the town became powerful, dominating what today is known as Tala, Acatlán and other nearby towns. Tlajomulco was founded with the authority of Lord De Tonalá, in appreciation to Pitláloc, Copaya, Pilili and Totoch, for resisting the invasion of the Purépecha. In the first half of the 16th century, Coyotl being a tyrant, suppressed the people of Cuyutlán, Cuescomatitlán, Cajititlán, Atlixtac (Santa Anita) and Xuchitlán, with fees until in 1530 it was conquered by Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, who upon arriving in Tlajomulco was well received by the tyrant Coyotl, who he helped in the conquest of Tonalá. The tyrant was baptized this same year and supported Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán and was called Pedro de Guzmán.

Seventeen plastic bags with human remains were found in colonia Chulavista in January 2021.

Government

Municipal presidents

Term	Municipal president	Political party	Notes
1915	Everardo Lares
1915	Marcos Gutiérrez
1915	Jesús Zúñiga
1915	Honorato González
1915	Roberto Graciano
1916	Jesús Zúñiga
1916	Roberto Graciano
1917	Roberto Graciano
1918	Manuel Flores Trigo
1918	Guadalupe Cortés
1919	Luis García Villegas
1919	Jesús Sánchez Guerrero
1920	José Eleno Gámez
1920	Agustín Pineda
1920	Hermenegildo Márquez
1920	Salvador Alcaraz
1920	Pascual Mendoza
1921	Carlos Alcaraz Aguilar
1922	Damián G. Sandoval
1923	Heliodoro Mondragón
1923	Andrés Gómez Tacalo
1924	Alfredo Ortiz
1924	Idelfonso Barocio
1925	Blas Fernández Ibarra
1926	Pedro González Covarrubias
1926	Juvencio Rodríguez
1926	José Zepeda Fonseca
1926	Brígido Díaz Ocaranza
1927	Brígido Díaz Ocaranza
1928	Luis García Villegas
1928	Sabino Aguilar Rivera
1929	Juan Bugarini Márquez
1930	Julio Díaz Ávila	PNR
1931	David Tejeda Márquez	PNR
1932	Guillermo Díaz Ávila	PNR
1932	Isidro B. Trigo	PNR
1933	Alejandro Carmona	PNR
1933	Leocadio Gabriel	PNR
1934	Porfirio Díaz Vidaurri	PNR
1934	Apolinar Lares	PNR
1935	Ignacio Esquivel	PNR
1935	Inocencio Guzmán Flores	PNR
1935	Inocencio Guzmán Flores	PNR
1936	Anselmo Altamirano	PNR
1937	Anselmo Altamirano	PNR
1937	Felipe Quezada	PNR
1938	Primitivo Casillas	PNR
1938	José Fonseca	PRM
1939	Juan Fierros López	PRM
1940	Heriberto Rivas Pérez	PRM
1941-1942	Francisco S. Miranda	PRM
1943-1944	Antonio García Sosa	PRM
1945-1946	Porfirio Díaz Vidaurri	PRM PRI
1947-1948	Silviano García Ortiz	PRI
1949-1951	Jesús Sánchez Magaña	PRI
1952	Pedro Rodríguez Rentaría	PRI
1953	Francisco Robles Ocampo	PRI
1954-1955	Pedro Parra Centeno	PRI
1956-1957	Narciso García Totolapa	PRI
1958	Cipriano García	PRI
1959-1961	José Eladio China Guevara	PRI
1962-1964	Pedro Parra Centeno	PRI
1965-1967	Eliseo Zepeda China	PRI
1968-1970	José Refugio China Guevara	PRI
1971-1973	Epigmenio Riestra Esquivel	PRI
1974-1976	Roberto Villegas Gutiérrez	PRI
1977-1979	José Luis Barrera Gómez	PRI
1980	Tranquilino Velasco Sánchez	PRI
1981-1982	Amparo Ureña Vidal de Villegas	PRI
1983-1985	Ernesto Díaz Márquez	PRI
1986-1988	Jaime Enrique Michel Velasco	PRI
1989	Benjamín Saavedra Martínez	PRI
1990-1992	Juan Hernández Rosales	PRI
1992-1995	Antonio Sánchez Ramírez	PRI
1995-1997	Manuel Guzmán de la Torre	PAN
1998-2000	Ernesto Díaz Márquez	PRI
2001-2003	Guillermo Sánchez Magaña	PRI
01/01/2004-31/12/2006	Andrés Zermeño Barba	PAN
01/01/2007-31/12/2009	Antonio Tatengo Ureña	PAN
01/01/2010-31/12/2011	Enrique Alfaro Ramírez	PRD	Applied for a temporary leave, to run for the state government
01/01/2012-30/09/2012	Alberto Uribe Camacho	PRD	Acting municipal president
01/10/2012-27/02/2015	Ismael del Toro Castro	PT MC	He applied for a temporary leave, to run for the deputation in the local electoral district 7 of Jalisco, which he got
28/02/2015-2015	Lucio Miranda Robles	PT MC	Acting municipal president
01/10/2015-28/02/2018	Alberto Uribe Camacho	MC (External candidate)	He applied for a temporary leave
01/03/2018-15/07/2018	Carlos Jaramillo Gómez	MC	Acting municipal president
16/07/2018-30/09/2018	Alberto Uribe Camacho	Morena	He moved to Morena political party in February 2018. Resumed
01/10/2018-28/02/2021	Salvador Zamora Zamora	MC	Applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection
01/03/2021-2021	César Francisco Padilla Chávez	MC	Acting municipal president
2021-2024	Salvador Zamora Zamora	MC	He was reelected on 06/06/2021

See also

In Spanish: Tlajomulco de Zúñiga para niños