Degollado

Degollado Los Altos
Municipality and town
Official seal of Degollado Los Altos
Nickname: 
La Puerta de Los Altos de Jalisco
Location within the state of Jalisco
Location within the state of Jalisco
Jalisco's location within Mexico
Jalisco's location within Mexico
Coordinates: 20°28′00″N 102°09′00″W / 20.466667°N 102.15°W / 20.466667; -102.15
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
MunicipalityDegollado
Founded1848 (Toribio de Bolaños)
Government
 • MayorAntonio Medina
Area
 • Total426.7 km2 (164.7 sq mi)
 • Town5.27 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total21,226
 • Density50/km2 (130/sq mi)
 • Town
11,612
 • Town density2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central)
Postal code
47980
Area code(52) 345
Websitewww.degollado.gob.mx[1]

Degollado (Spanish: [deɣoˈʝaðo]) is a small town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in the cultural region of Ciénega, just south of Los Altos. The town is mainly rural in nature, but the municipality encompasses several concentrated residential areas, such as Huascato, Los Ranchitos, La Vibora, Buenos Aires, Las Limas, Altamira, La Chancla and El Corral de Piedra.

The town is named after Mexican general Santos Degollado.[2] A statue of him is in the Jardin de Niños which was made from coins from the townspeople during the early 1960s.

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Degollado municipality with localities
  2. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México - ESTADO DE JALISCO - DEGOLLADO" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2011-05-25.