Xalisco
Geography
Formerly known as Jalisco, this municipality is located 6.4 km. southwest of Tepic. In the north it bounds the municipality of Tepic, in the south the municipality of Compostela; in the east the municipality of Santiago Ixcuintla and in the west the municipality of San Blas. The total area is 290.60 square kilometers, which makes it the smallest of the 20 municipalities that make up the state.
Over half of the municipal territory is mountainous with one peak, Cerro Alto, reaching 2,240 meters. There are several small rivers and streams of short length.
In the upper elevations there are still conifers and oaks, but over-forestry and long years of wood gathering for cooking have seriously depleted the natural cover. There are still deer, badgers, armadillos, and javelinas in more remote locations.
Economy
Due to the proximity to Tepic the economy is less agriculturally based than many municipalities in the state. Among the most important crops were: rice, corn, avocados, lemons, oranges, bananas, coffee, cherries, and sugarcane.
Tourism and festivals
In the town there are the ruins of a colonial hacienda and a museum with pre-Columbian artifacts. The most important festival is that of Asunción de la Virgen María, celebrated on 15 August, at the beginning of the corn harvest. It is also known as the “La Feria del Elote”, or Corn Fair.
Opium and black tar heroin
The area produces opium poppies which are tapped for gum which is processed into black tar heroin and smuggled into the United States. Several hundred immigrants from Xalisco, part of a larger number still involved in retail heroin distribution, are incarcerated in the United States.
Toponymy
The origin of the name Xalisco comes from the Nahuatl Xalixko: "xal-li" (sand), "ix-telotl" (eye) and ko (place); Place of the sandy eye.
Sister cities
Xalisco has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International:
Government
Municipal presidents
| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
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| Ambrosio Robles | 1917 | ||
| Arcadio García Munguía | 1918 | ||
| Santos Rentería | 1920 | ||
| Ambrosio Robles | 1921 | ||
| J. Jesús G. Inda | 1922 | ||
| Higinio Pérez | 1924 | ||
| Margarito Romero | 1925–1927 | ||
| Luis López R. | 1927–1929 | ||
| Antonio Magaña Audelo | 1930 | PNR 
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| Hilario Casanova | 1931 | PNR
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| Santos Rentería | 1932 | PNR
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| Nemesio Coronado | 1933 | PNR
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| Cándido López Ordaz | 1934 | PNR
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| Genaro Pérez | 1935 | PNR
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| Sebastián Robles | 1936 | PNR
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| Juan Casillas | 1937–1939 | PNR
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| Ramón Gutiérrez Páez | 1939–1941 | PRM 
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| Porfirio Flores R. | 1941–1943 | PRM
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| Ramón Gutiérrez Páez | 1943–1945 | PRM
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| Leandro Ocampo C. | 1945 | PRM
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| Bonifacio Inda | 1946–1949 | PRI 
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| Leandro Ocampo C. | 1949–1951 | PRI
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| J. Trinidad Ramírez | 1951 | PRI
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| Ramón Gutiérrez | 1952–1955 | PRI
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| Juan Nepomuceno Guillén | 1955–1958 | PRI
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| Catarino Bautista Gutiérrez | 1958–1961 | PRI
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| Santiago Ocampo Castillo | 1961–1963 | PRI
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| Juan Francisco Lerma Martínez | 1964–1969 | PRI
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| Antonio Gutiérrez Montaño | 1970–1973 | PRI
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| Rafael Montes Isiorda | 1973–1976 | PRI
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| José de Jesús Pérez Casillas | 1976–1979 | PRI
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| Pedro Rico Dueñas | 1979–1981 | PRI
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| J. Trinidad Hernández A. | 1981–1984 | PRI
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| Ramón Peraza Camarena | 1984–1985 | PRI
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| Raúl Guillén Íñiguez | 1985–1987 | PRI
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| Eutimio Isiordia Mojica | 1987–1990 | PRI
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| J. Jesús García Nolasco | 1990–1993 | PRI
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| Rafael Rivera Monroy | 1993–1996 | PRI
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| Armando García Jiménez | 17-09-1996–16-09-1999 | PRI
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| Óscar Sánchez Almada | 17-09-1999–16-09-2002 | PAN .svg){kind=logo} PRD .svg){kind=logo} PT .svg){kind=logo} PRS 
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Alliance for Change |
| Isabel Isiordia Aquino | 17-09-2002–16-09-2005 | PRI
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| Juan Fernando Carrillo Noyola | 17-09-2005–16-09-2008 | PRI
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| Gilberto López Ruelas | 17-09-2008–16-09-2011 | PRI Panal .svg){kind=small} |
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| Heriberto Castañeda Ulloa | 17-09-2011–16-09-2014 | PAN
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| José Luis Lerma Mercado | 17-09-2014–16-09-2017 | PAN
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| Nadia Alejandra Ramírez López | 17-09-2017–16-09-2021 | PAN PRD PT PRS
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Coalition "Together for You" |
| Heriberto Castañeda Ulloa | 17-09-2021–16-09-2024 | PT PVEM .svg){kind=small} Panal Morena 
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| Anabel Margarita Guerrero Benítez | 17-09-2024– | Morena PVEM PT Fuerza por México .svg){kind=logo}
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References
- ^ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 Archived 2013-04-06 at the Wayback Machine INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- ^ Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (Spanish) Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Map of Nayarit
- ^ Cassidy, Megan; Lurie, Gabrielle (July 10, 2023). "This is how San Francisco's open-air drug dealers work". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Estado de Nayarit. Municipio de Xalisco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 1996. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PRI: 4882 votos. PRD: 2985 votos. PAN: 799 votos. Partido del Trabajo (PT): 301 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 1999. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PAN-PRD-PT-Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PSR): 6744 votos. PRI: 5889 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2002. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PRI: 7640 votos. PAN: 4702 votos. PRD: 567 votos. PT: 515 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2005. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PRI: 9600 votos. Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 4309 votos. PAN: 905 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2008. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PRI-Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 7361 votos. PRD-PVEM: 4445 votos. PAN: 987 votos. PT: 972 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2011. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PAN: 10193 votos. PRI-PVEM-Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 7864 votos. PRD: 1695 votos. PT-Convergencia: 435 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2014. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PAN: 11464 votos. PRI-PVEM-Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 8583 votos. PT: 509 votos. MC: 374 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "IEENayarit. Elección de Ayuntamientos 2017. Resumen de resultados por municipio. Xalisco. PAN-PRD-PT-Partido de la Revolución Socialista de Nayarit (PRS): 9373 votos. PRI: 4344 votos. Morena: 2476 votos. MC: 1007 votos. Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 415 votos. PVEM: 274 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Resultados Elecciones 2021: Así quedarían gobernados los municipios de Nayarit. Xalisco: Heriberto Castañeda Ulloa" (in Spanish). 10 June 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- ^ "Elección–Presidencias y Sindicaturas. Proceso Electoral Local Ordinario 2024. Cómputos Municipales. Votación por Partido Político, Coalición y Candidatura Común. Xalisco" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Estatal Electoral de Nayarit (IEEN). Retrieved 2 November 2024.
Sources
- L.A. Times: Xalisco heroin trade part 1
- L.A. Times: Xalisco heroin trade part 2
- L.A. Times: Xalisco heroin trade part 3
- Quinones, S. (2015). Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Press.
External links
- Ayuntamiento de Xalisco Official website
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