Yahualica de González Gallo
Yahualica de González Gallo | |
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ceety | |
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 Location o the ceety in Jalisco | |
  Yahualica de González Gallo Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 20°59′N 103°48′W / 20.983°N 103.800°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Jalisco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 520.3 km2 (200.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 37,920 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time) |
Yahualica is a ceety in the north o Jalisco, Mexico.
The name Yahualica is derivit frae the indigenous name Ayahuallican, Yahualican, Ahualica or Yagualica, meanin "land surroondit bi hills".
Yahualica covers some 520.75 square kilometers an shares borders wi the state o Zacatecas.
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]By 1165 the region's inhabitants wur the Tecuexes, who later focht the Aztecs for control o the territory.
In aboot 1530 the Spaingie, led bi Cristóbal de Oñate, conquered the region.
Transportation
[eedit | eedit soorce]Yahualica is servit bi bus an taxi services, as well as heich-gates leadin intae an oot o Yahualica an throughoot the ceety. The heichgate transit seestem includes México Federal Heich-gate 71 an Jalisco 225 (Jal 225) which run entirely in the municipality. México 71, soothboond, leads tae Tepatitlán/Cuquío an northboond tae Nochistlán/Aguascalientes. Jalisco 225 runs east towards the touns o Huisquilco, El Durazno, San Isidro, an Pastores.
Renowned fowk born in Yahualica
[eedit | eedit soorce]- José de Jesús González Gallo
- Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Roman Catholic cardinal
- Antonio Martinez
- Martin Vasquez
- Ramon Hernandez Gonzalez El Texano Madero
Yahualica in fiction
[eedit | eedit soorce]Yahualica is the settingfor the novel Al filo del agua, written bi Agustín Yáñez
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