Guachinango, Jalisco
Guachinango | |
|---|---|
Municipality and city | |
 Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
| 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.
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