Villa Purificación

Villa Purificación is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 1,848 km².

Villa Purificación
Municipality and town
Main plaza
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 19°34′N 104°23′W
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Area
• Total	1,848 km2 (714 sq mi)
• Town	2.89 km2 (1.12 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Total	11,303
• Density	6.1/km2 (16/sq mi)
• Town	5,965
• Town density	2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,975.^[2]

History

In 1532 Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán sent Captain Juan Fernández de Híjar to the province of El Tuito and crowned them to look for a place in order to found a villa. In this virtue, Fernández de Híjar with 25 soldiers marched south and founded on February 2, 1533 the Villa of Purification in the valley of Tecomatlán and also established the first chapel in the now state of Jalisco. Upon the arrival of the Spaniards, Purification belonged to a small province populated by Indians from Saulam, or Sayula, formed by the villages of Tenzitlán, Xirosto, Jew, Pampochin, Amborí, La Silla, Cuxmalán, Carrion and Melahuacan as the headboard. The conquest of this region is due to Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura, in 1525, remaining within the province.

Culture and tourism

Tourist and Cultural Attractions:

Historical Monuments

The Parish of the Candelaria.

Feasts

The Candelaria festival, from January 24 to February 2. The bullfighting party is held for ten days from Easter Sunday.

Music

Mariachi. Banda Music.

Crafts

Huaraches, wooden furniture, saddles, and pottery are manufactured.

Gastronomy

Jackals, prawns, birria, pozole, tamales, menudo and mole; sweets made with milk; tequila and raicillla

Touristic centres

You can admire the Parroquia de la Candelaria and the petroglyphs in Chacala; and the natural heritage formed by the forests located in the northern, southern and eastern part of the municipality; the Sierra de la Silleta and the Cacoma Center.

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal president	Term	Political party	Notes
Rosa Ofelia García Pelayo[3][4]	01-01-1983–31-12-1985	PRI
Crescencio Michel Michel	01-01-1986–31-12-1988	PRI
Ramón N. Pelayo Pelayo[5]	01-01-1989–1992	PRI
Pedro Díaz Martínez[6]	1992–1995	PAN
Francisco Pelayo García[7]	1995–1997	PAN
Salvador Pelayo García[8]	01-01-1998–31-12-2000	PRI
Saúl Llamas Romero[9]	01-01-2001–31-12-2003	PRI
Iván Manuel García Michel[10]	01-01-2004–31-12-2006	PAN
Carlos Antonio Pelayo García[11][12][13][14][15][16]	01-01-2007–31-12-2009	PRI	Results were reverted in favor of the PRI by a higher electoral authority, due to cheating and trickery performerd by some members of the National Action Party (PAN, Partido Acción Nacional) at a voting booth
Moisés Domínguez Esparza[17]	01-01-2010–30-09-2012	PAN
Valentín Rodríguez Peña[18]	01-10-2012–30-09-2015	PRI PVEM	Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco"
Édgar Manuel Medina Reyes[19]	01-10-2015–30-09-2018	PAN
Moisés Brambila Pelayo[20]	01-10-2018–05-03-2021	MC
María Guadalupe Sánchez Zavalza	01-10-2021–	MC