Guachinango, Jalisco
This article is about the Mexican municipality. For other uses, see Guachinango (disambiguation).
| Guachinango | |
|---|---|
| Municipality and city | |
 Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
  Guachinango Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 20°46′N 104°05′W / 20.767°N 104.083°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico |
| State | Jalisco |
| Area | |
| • Total | 483.19 km2 (186.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 4,138 |
Guachinango (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwatʃiˈnaŋɡo]) is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 483.19 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,138.[1]
The Spanish discovered silver lodes here in the 1540s, which started commercial silver mining in the area.[2]
References
- ↑ "Guachinango". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. 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.
Coordinates: 20°34′01″N 104°22′01″W / 20.567°N 104.367°W
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