Tuxcacuesco
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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
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Tuxcacuesco municipality with localities
- ^ "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.
- ^ Peter Gerhard, Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Cambridge: University Press, 1972) p. 46
