Etzatlán

Municipality and town in Jalisco, Mexico

20°46′N 104°05′W / 20.767°N 104.083°W / 20.767; -104.083Country

MexicoStateJaliscoArea

• Total337.8 km² (130.4 sq mi) • Town3.68 km² (1.42 sq mi)Population

(2020 census)^[1]

• Total20,011 • Density59/km² (150/sq mi) • Town

14,697 • Town density4,000/km² (10,000/sq mi)

Etzatlán is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 337.8 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 17,564.

It is home to the world’s largest crochet canopy, as certified by The Guinness Book of World Records. ^[2]

In 2020, the Chilean writer José Baroja dedicated a story entitled Etzatlán to this.^[3]

Localities

Name	Population (2005)
Etzatlán	12,924
Oconahua	2,132
Santa Rosalía	1,079
La Mazata	589
San Rafael (Hacienda de San Rafael)	168
Puerta de Pericos (Tlachichilco)	141
Palo Verde	132
San Sebastián (Ex-hacienda de San Sebastián)	98
El Amparo (La Embocada)	64
La Quebrada	63

Luis Felipe Lomelí (1975-), writer
Carlos Quintero Arce (1920-2016), was a Mexican prelate and at his death he was the oldest Mexican bishop^[4]

^ Citypopulation.de
^ "Etzatlán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on March 31, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^ "Etzatlán, por José Baroja". letras.mysite.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
^ Catholic Hierarchy