Villa Purificación
Municipality and town in Jalisco, Mexico
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Villa Purificación is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 1,848 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,975.[2] It is in the southern coast of Jalisco, southeast of Guadalajara. Costa del Sur de Jalisco, sureste de Guadalajara. The population is about 11,300.
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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 | 6.116/km2 (15.84/sq mi) |
| • Town | 5,965 |
| • Town density | 2,060/km2 (5,350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
History
Villa Purificación has a long history: it was founded by the Spanish on the second of February in 1533, and was the first municipality in Jalisco, founded in 1871 after Mexican independence. Villa Purificación celebrates holidays such as Candlemas, or Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. The area is also known for its crafts such as ceramics and huaraches. Villa Purificación is mostly agricultural, with people growing crops and raisng cattle.
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification, Villa Purificación is in the tropical savanna climate, or Aw. It has hot, humid summers, and dry winters. [3]
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.
Government
Municipal presidents
| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
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| Rosa Ofelia García Pelayo[4][5] | 01-01-1983–31-12-1985 | PRI  |
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| Crescencio Michel Michel | 01-01-1986–31-12-1988 | PRI |
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| Ramón N. Pelayo Pelayo[6] | 01-01-1989–1992 | PRI |
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| Pedro Díaz Martínez[7] | 1992–1995 | PAN .svg){kind=small} |
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| Francisco Pelayo García[8] | 1995–1997 | PAN |
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| Salvador Pelayo García[9] | 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 | PRI |
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| Saúl Llamas Romero[10] | 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 | PRI |
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| Iván Manuel García Michel[11] | 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 | PAN |
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| Carlos Antonio Pelayo García[12][13][14][15][16][17] | 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 performed by some members of the National Action Party (PAN, Partido Acción Nacional) at a voting booth |
| Moisés Domínguez Esparza[18] | 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 | PAN |
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| Valentín Rodríguez Peña[19] | 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 | PRI PVEM .svg){kind=logo} |
Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco" |
| Édgar Manuel Medina Reyes[20] | 01-10-2015–30-09-2018 | PAN |
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| Moisés Brambila Pelayo[21] | 01-10-2018–05-03-2021 | MC .svg){kind=small} |
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| María Guadalupe Sánchez Zavalza | 01-10-2021– | MC |