Tala is a town and a municipality in the state of Jalisco, Mexico. It is a small town that has grown over the years. Some major towns in the municipality are Tala (municipal seat), El Refugio, San Isidro Mazatepec, Cuisillos, and Ahuisculco.

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"Tlallan", "Tala" or "Land of labor". It was a manor ruled by Pythaloc who had under his jurisdiction Ahuitzculco, Ocotán, Nextipac and Xocotán. It is believed that its foundation dates back to 1126. Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán conquered it in 1530 and was evangelized in 1531 by Fray Antonio de Segovia, Fray Juan de Badillo and Fray Andrés de Córdova. The peninsular found the ruins of Cués or shrines scattered in the Tala Valley. The aborigines did not submit easily to the conquerors and had two battles with them. Tala was compromised in the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia as a corregimiento. Its first ruler was Francisco Socorro Nuño de Guzmán who was the most combative aborigine, and Pedro Patiño de Guzmán was left in his place. In 1579 it was entrusted to Diego de Colio. Its inhabitants had a forest that they loved very much, being forced to cut it down when the Spaniards arrived. Out of sarcasm or contemptuously they began calling the town Talatitlán, degenerating into its current name. Throughout the colonial era, Tala retained its category of corregimiento. Since 1825 it belonged to the first Canton of Guadalajara and the department or party of Zapopan; and on that date Tala already had a town hall. On April 3, 1844 the town hall is established. Since 1847 it belonged to the 1st Canton of Guadalajara and the Department or Zapopan Party. In 1887 it has category of town. In 1995 Tala is elevated to the category of city. By 1890 the town of Tala included in its jurisdiction the following towns and farms: El Refugio, Cuisillos, Huaxtla, San Isidro, Ahuisculco, Santa Ana Tepetitlán and Navajas. In 1920 they are annexed to the municipality Cuxpala and San Isidro. By decree number 10211, published on January 10, 1980, it was decided that the population of Tala would rise to the category of city, having achieved higher rates of progress in the political, economic, cultural, social, demographic aspects; for its infrastructure works and in merit to the greatness and dignity of its inhabitants that are characterized by their civic, moral and intellectual qualities.

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Temple of San Francisco de Asís, Chapel of the Rosary, Treasury of the Orendaín Refuge.

In the Tala Valley there are scattered archeological vestiges of what in the pre-Hispanic era were shrines or cués. In the region they are known as Guachimonton.

The Caña Fair that takes place on the last days of April and the first of May. The Feasts of San Francisco de Asís that are celebrated from September 26 to October 4.

Mariachi & Banda

Handicrafts are made with obsidian and saddlery.

The charro suit and the dress of poblana china.

Well and birria; piloncillo, dulce de leche and fruits in syrup; cane juice, punch and coffee with liquor, cane mezcal.

The municipality has natural forests located in "La Primavera" Ahuisculco, Cerro de Las Garzas, Cerro Monte Negro, Las Navajas Hill and spas such as Los Tejabanes and El Rincón.

Municipal president	Term	Political party	Notes
Manuel I. Gómez	1918-1919
Pedro Romo Vivar	1921
Manuel I. Gómez	1921-1922
Dionisio M. Gómez	1923
Luis García Rodríguez	1924
Benito Navarro Castillo	1925
Luis García Rodríguez	1926
Juan Calderón Martínez	1927-1928
Benito Navarro Castillo	1928
Luis García Rodríguez	1929	PNR
Antonio López	1929	PNR
Francisco M. Gómez	1929	PNR
Benito Navarro Castillo	1930	PNR
Dionisio R. Mariscal	1931	PNR
Dionisio M. Gómez	1932-1933	PNR
J. Jesús Núñez Guzmán	1934	PNR
Mateo Romero López	1935	PNR
Pedro C. Castro	1936	PNR
Pedro Ramírez Calderón	1937	PNR
Blas Sepúlveda	1938	PNR
Francisco Rodríguez Z.	1938	PRM
Eleno Vega Mariscal	1939	PRM
Mateo Romero López	1940	PRM
Marcial Sayavedra	1941-1942	PRM
Pedro Ramírez Calderón	1943	PRM
Juan Zavala Rosales	1944	PRM
Eleno Vega Mariscal	1945-1946	PRM
Francisco López Suárez	1947-1949	PRI
J. Jesús Cortés Martínez	1950-1952	PRI
Francisco Checa Zavala	1953-1955	PRI
Espiridión López García	1956-1958	PRI
Adolfo Diéguez Palomera	1959-1961	PRI
Ramiro González Gómez	1962-1964	PRI
Carlos González Sánchez	1965-1967	PRI
J. Jesús Zavala Calderón	1968-1970	PRI
Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez	1971-1973	PRI
Luis Arias Gómez	1974-1976	PRI
Antonio Murillo Rosales	1977-1979	PRI
Luis Arias Gómez	1980-1982	PRI
Javier Barragán Castro	1983-1985	PRI
J. Jesús Hernández Lira	1986-1988	PRI
J. Jesús Cortés Gómez	1989-1992	PARM
J. Rosario Zavala Quezada	1992-1995	PRI
Teresa Núñez Casas	1995-1997	PRI
Narciso Valdez Partida	1997	PRI	Acting municipal president
José de Jesús Morales Delgadillo	1998-2000	PRD
Narciso Valdez Partida	2001-2003	PRI
María Elena Núñez Casas	2004-2006	PRI
Cipriano Aguayo Durán	2007-2009	PRD PT
Salvador Jorge Rivera Guerrero	2010-2012	PRD
Antonio López Orozco	2012-2015	PRI PVEM
Arturo Macías	2015	PRI	Acting municipal president
Aarón César Buenrostro Contreras	2015-2018	PRI PVEM
Enrique Gabriel Buenrostro Ahued	2018-2021	PAN PRD MC
José Luis López Cervantes	2021	PAN PRD MC	Acting municipal president
Antonio Porfirio Casillas Díaz	2021-	PRI