Mexticacan | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
  Mexticacan Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 21°13′N 102°43′W / 21.217°N 102.717°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Jalisco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 287 km2 (111 sq mi) |
| • Town | 1.83 km2 (0.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census)[1] | |
| • Total | 5,307 |
| • Density | 18/km2 (48/sq mi) |
| • Town | 3,349 |
| • Town density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
Mexticacán is a town and municipality in the Southern Zone of Los Altos Region of Jalisco. Mexticacán comes from the Nahuatl language and means "place where the temple for the worship of the moon".