Poncitlán

Municipality and city in Jalisco, Mexico
Coat of arms of Poncitlán
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Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
20°18′N 102°16′W / 20.300°N 102.267°W / 20.300; -102.267Country MexicoStateJaliscoArea
 • Total672.31 km2 (259.58 sq mi)Population
 (2005)
 • Total43,817Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Poncitlán is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 672.31 km2.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 43,817.[1]

Place Names

Poncitlán means "place of cilacayotes", "next to the shore chilares" or "place of God Ponze." It is located west of the Ocotlán municipality.

Sister cities

  • United States Palmdale, California, United States (1998)

References

  1. ^ "Poncitlán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on March 11, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
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