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Tuxcacuesco

Coordinates: 19°41′55″N 103°59′05″W / 19.69861°N 103.98472°W / 19.69861; -103.98472
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Tuxcacuesco
Municipality and town
Coat of arms of Tuxcacuesco
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Tuxcacuesco is located in Mexico
Tuxcacuesco
Tuxcacuesco
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°41′55″N 103°59′05″W / 19.69861°N 103.98472°W / 19.69861; -103.98472
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Area
 • Total
430 km2 (170 sq mi)
 • Town0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total
5,482
 • Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
 • town
1,674
 • town density1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Tuxcacuesco is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 430 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,770.[2]

Economy

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Tuxcacuesco is home to "Tuxca Corona", a factory started by the Corona family which produces a 100% pure distilled agave liquor.

History

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Tuxcacuesco was a separate state prior to the Spanish incursion. It was conquered by the Spanish in 1523. During the colonial period it was part of the province of Amula.[3]

Novelist Juan Rulfo was born in the town of Apulco in the northeast part of the municipality in 1917.

References

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  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Tuxcacuesco municipality with localities
  2. ^ "Tuxcacuesco". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on January 1, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  3. ^ Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: University Press, 1972) p. 46