Guachinango, Jalisco

Guachinango
Municipality and town
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Guachinango is located in Mexico
Guachinango
Guachinango
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°46′N 104°05′W / 20.767°N 104.083°W / 20.767; -104.083
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Area
 • 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]

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Guachinango municipality with localities
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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)