Guachinango, Jalisco

Municipality and town in Jalisco, Mexico

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

MexicoStateJaliscoArea

• Total837.7 km² (323.4 sq mi) • Town1.25 km² (0.48 sq mi)Population

(2020 census)^[1]

• Total4,199 • Density5.0/km² (13/sq mi) • Town

2,124 • Town density1,700/km² (4,400/sq mi)

Guachinango (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwatʃiˈnaŋɡo]) is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 837.7 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,138.^[2]

The Spanish discovered gold lodes here in the 1540s, which started commercial gold mining in the area.^[3]

References

^ Citypopulation.de Population of Guachinango municipality with localities
^ "Guachinango". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 31, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
^ West,Robert. Early Silver Mining in New Spain, 1531-1555 (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 58.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)