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Tuxpan de Bolaños

Coordinates: 21°52′30″N 104°00′47″W / 21.875°N 104.013°W / 21.875; -104.013
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Tuxpan de Bolaños
Kuruxi Manúwe (Wixárika language)
Native Community
Outlook
Outlook
Location within the state of Jalisco
Location within the state of Jalisco
Tuxpan de Bolaños is located in Mexico
Tuxpan de Bolaños
Tuxpan de Bolaños
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 21°52′30″N 104°00′47″W / 21.875°N 104.013°W / 21.875; -104.013
Country Mexico
State Jalisco
Municipal seatBolaños
Native CommunityTuxpan de Bolaños
Elevation
1,120 m (3,670 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,269
Time zoneUTC−06:00 (CST)

Tuxpan de Bolaños is a Huichol settlement in the Bolaños Municipality of Jalisco, Mexico.[1] In the Huichol language, it is named as Kuruxi Manúka. According to INEGI in 2010, its population was 1269. According to the Huichol people, the population of Tuxpan de Bolaños is roughly 2,000 people.[2]

Other communities belonging to the same culture are Santa Catarina Cuexcomatitlan (Tuapurie), San Sebastian Teponahuaxtlán (Wautia), San Andres Cohamiata (Tatei Kie) and San Miguel Huaixtita (Tsikwaita), within the state of Jalisco and Guadalupe Ocotán (Xatsitsarie) in the state of Nayarit.

References

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  1. ^ "¿Quién era el líder huichol asesinado en Tuxpan?". EL DEBATE (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  2. ^ "Historia". Los Huicholes (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-06-13.