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Tequila Jalisco Mexico Photography
Bill Bell Photographs
Tequila is a municipality in the central part of the
state of Jalisco, Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of Santiago de Tequila,
generally called Tequila without further q ualification.
The city of Santiago de Tequila is located 50 km away from Guadalajara, Mexico's
second largest city.
A famous version of mezcal made from agave bears this city's name, and a
National Tequila Fair is organised locally from 29 November to 13 December each
year.
Geography
The municipality is located between 20°25'00 and 21°12'30 north, and between
103°36'00 and 104°03'30 west, covering 1,364 km². Its height above sea level
ranges from 700 to 2900 metres. It borders on the states of Nayarit (to the
northwest) and Zacatecas to the northeast, and with the Jalisco municipalities
of San Martín de Bolaños, Ahualulco de Mercado, Teuchitlán, Amatitán, San
Cristóbal de la Barranca, Zapopan, Hostotipaquillo, Magdalena, and San Juanito
de Escobedo.
In the 2000 census, it reported a population of 35,504. Of these, 24,024 were
living in the municipal seat. The municipality's other sizable settlements are
El Salvador, San Martín de las Cañas, Santa Teresa, Potrero de los River a,
and El Medineño.
Blue agave fields near Tequila.The area had been long settled – by Chichimeca,
Otomi, Toltec, and Nahua Native Americans – when conquistador Cristóbal de Oñate
arrived in 1530. A group of Franciscans founded the town of Santiago de Tequila
on 15 April 1530. The local indigenous people rebelled against their Spanish
overlords in 1541, but this uprising was quelled before the end of the year.
The district's first tequila factory was established in 1600.
Another native uprising, under the leadership of one individual known as Máscara
de Oro ("Golden Mask") took p lace
in the early years of the 19th century but was duly put down by the governor of
Nueva Galicia. A few years later, however, in the early months of the War of
Independence, the town fell to a band of 200 insurgents under Rafael Pérez in
November 1810.
Tequila was given the status of a town ("villa") within the newly independent
republic on 27 March 1824. It was then elevated to city status on 9 January
1874.
Tequila was named a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2003.
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