Tuxcacuesco

Municipality and town in Jalisco, Mexico
19°41′55″N 103°59′05″W / 19.69861°N 103.98472°W / 19.69861; -103.98472Country MexicoStateJaliscoArea
 • Total430 km2 (170 sq mi) • Town0.88 km2 (0.34 sq mi)Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total5,482 • 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

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

History

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

  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
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