🇲🇽 Zapotlanejo is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The municipality has a territorial extension of 718.8 km².
1Toponymy Zapotlanejo is a hybrid word, half Nahuatl and half Spanish. The Nahuatl word "Sapote" (from Nahuatl tzapotl) is a term for a soft, edible fruit and "tlan" (place). In addition, the name of the municipality includes the Spanish ending indicating locality "ejo".
1History The town of Zapotlán was previously known as Zapotlán de los Tecuexes, alluding to the name of its pre-Hispanic inhabitants, the Tecuexes, who established themselves in the area about 1218.
Spanish settlement in the area began around 1523. The area's Spanish settlers were subject to continuous attacks by Chichimec forces during the early colonial period.
The municipality's famous Bridge of Calderón was constructed during the government of Francisco Calderón Romero (1670–1672). The bridge was the site of the Battle of the Bridge of Calderón in 1811, which was a key battle in the Mexican War of Independence.
In 1860, republican troops led by General Ignacio Zaragoza defeated Leonardo Márquez near the town as he fled from Tepatitlán.
In 1824, Zapotlanejo was made capital of the Department of Tonalá. In 1825, the town was made part of the first canton of Jalisco (Guadalajara). In 1887, Zapotlanejo was part of the fourth department of the first canton of the state. The community was afforded status as a municipality by decree of April 8, 1844.
The Dos Lunas Tequila brand is produced just outside town.
1Culture • Parque Festival México theme park.
1Zapotlanejo has a population of over 64,806 people. Zapotlanejo also forms one of the centres of the wider Jalisco State which has a population of over 8,348,151 people.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Zapotlanejo has links with:
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🇲🇽 Tepatitlán -102.75
🇲🇽 Zacatecas City -102.567
🇲🇽 Atotonilco El Alto -102.5
🇺🇸 Rapid City -103.228
🇲🇽 Tlaquepaque -103.311
🇲🇽 Guadalajara -103.348
🇲🇽 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga -103.433
🇲🇽 Ciudad Guzmán -103.467
🇺🇸 Scottsbluff -103.65
Locations Near: Zapotlanejo -103.071,20.6249
🇲🇽 Tonalá -103.242,20.625 d: 17.8
🇲🇽 Tlaquepaque -103.311,20.639 d: 25
🇲🇽 Guadalajara -103.348,20.677 d: 29.4
🇲🇽 Chapala -103.183,20.3 d: 38
🇲🇽 Tepatitlán de Morelos -102.75,20.8 d: 38.6
🇲🇽 Tepatitlán -102.75,20.8 d: 38.6
🇲🇽 Zapopan -103.422,20.73 d: 38.3
🇲🇽 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga -103.433,20.467 d: 41.6
🇲🇽 Ocotlán -102.767,20.333 d: 45.3
🇲🇽 Atotonilco El Alto -102.5,20.533 d: 60.3
Antipodal to: Zapotlanejo 76.929,-20.625
🇲🇺 Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 18013.6
🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 18013.6
🇲🇺 Rivière du Rempart 57.633,-20.05 d: 18003.4
🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 17993.8
🇲🇺 St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 17992.9
🇲🇺 Port Louis 57.5,-20.15 d: 17990.5
🇲🇺 Mauritius 57.499,-20.162 d: 17990.5
🇲🇺 Moka 57.496,-20.219 d: 17990.7
🇲🇺 Port-Louis 57.496,-20.165 d: 17990.3
🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 17991.1