Tepatitlán, Jalisco
| Tepatitlán de Morelos | ||
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Downtown Tepatitlán
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| Nickname(s): Tepa, La Perla de los Altos | ||
| Motto: Su tesoro está en su gente (Its treasure is in its people) | ||
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 Tepatitlán de Morelos
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| Coordinates: 20°40′00.17″N 102°44′00.23″W / 20.6667139°N 102.7333972°WCoordinates: 20°40′00.17″N 102°44′00.23″W / 20.6667139°N 102.7333972°W | ||
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 Mexico
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| State |
 Jalisco
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| Foundation | 1883 | |
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| • President Mayor |
.svg){kind=small} Hector Hugo Bravo Hernández (2015-2018) |
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| Area | ||
| • City | 1,532.78 km2 (591.81 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,820 m (5,970 ft) | |
| Population (2010 Census) | ||
| • City | 104,377 | |
| • Density | 54.13/km2 (140.2/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 136,123 | |
| • Metro density | 82.61/km2 (214.0/sq mi) | |
| Demonym(s) | Alteño, Tepatitlense | |
| Time zone | Central Standard Time (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | Central Daylight Time (UTC-5) | |
| HDI | 0.860 – Very High | |
| Website | tepatitlan |
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Tepatitlán de Morelos is a city and municipality founded in 1883, in the central Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the area known as Los Altos de Jalisco (Highlands of Jalisco), about 70 km east of state capital Guadalajara. It is part of the macroregion of the Bajío. Its surrounding municipality of the same name had an area of 1,532.78 km² (591.81 sq mi). Its most distinctive feature is the Baroque-style parish church in the centre of the city dedicated to Saint Francis of Assisi, pictured below, although it has many other attractive locations. Some of the most important ones are:
The nickname of the city is "Tepa". It is also the largest producer of eggs in Mexico, the largest pork producer in the state, and the primary milk basin in the country, as well as a large producer of tequila. The fleur-de-lys can be seen in a number of public spaces and buildings, including the Santuario de Guadalupe and the internationally famous Santuario del Señor de la Misericordia, which houses an oak-carved crucifix that, according to the legend, was found by a poor farmer on the Cerro Gordo in 1835; every year from the 25 to the 30 April, the city hosts the Feria Tepabril which celebrates the Señor de la Misericordia.
Fher, lead-singer/songwriter of the internationally recognised Mexican rock band Maná, has mentioned in an interview for Latina Magazine, that he sampled the best tequila of his life in Tepatitlan. This is considered by some a snub to Tequila, Jalisco (the city which bears the name of the drink).
Tepatitlán means “Hard Stone Place”, in the Nahuatl language. But recent artifactual discoveries indicate that the name may actually have a different meaning than the one that is conventionally accepted. The matter has yet to be settled conclusively by scholars and officials.
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