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Tomatlán

Coordinates: 19°56′13″N 105°15′0″W / 19.93694°N 105.25000°W / 19.93694; -105.25000
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Tomatlán
Municipality and town
Coat of arms of Tomatlán
Coat of arms
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Tomatlán is located in Mexico
Tomatlán
Tomatlán
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 19°56′13″N 105°15′0″W / 19.93694°N 105.25000°W / 19.93694; -105.25000
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Area
 • Total
3,015 km2 (1,164 sq mi)
 • Town2.96 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total
36,316
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
 • Town
9,842
 • Town density3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)
Websitehttp://www.tomatlanjal.gob.mx
Chalacatepec
Chalacatepec

Tomatlán (meaning "Tomato land" or "place of tomato" from Nahuatl) is a town and municipality, in Jalisco south of Cabo Corrientes in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 3,015 km2.

As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 35,824 people.[2]

The final portion of Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi is set in Tomatlán, where the character Pi Patel reaches land after being stranded in the Pacific Ocean.

History

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Before the arrival of the conquerors, the region was populated by various groups. On Holy Monday of 1525, from El Tuito the conquerors arrived in Tomatlan. The night they spent the night in a village of the cacique, they received them with dances and plumeríos. They wore crowns and scapulars, as they were part of the Province of Los Coronados de El Tuito. There they celebrated Holy Week and Easter. In the place occupied by the Cué, a pagan shrine, they built a “pajarete” church that Brother Juan de Villa Diego blessed, dedicating it to San Antonio.

They baptized the town and the river with the name of Easter, subsequently following Colima. Thus this town was subdued by Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura. The region was very inhabited. Disseminated in it there were numerous villages currently occupying the place of some, small rancherías.

In 1541 this region revolted and had to go with its people Pedro de Alvarado from Santiago de Manzanillo twice to fight the insurgents. From 1533 to 1574 it was entrusted to Juan Fernández de Híjar with a seat in Villa de Purificación.

Through the proclamation the town knew, in 1730, that English soldiers were disembarking in the cove of Arcos and that the Justice of the Valley of Banderas lacked soldiers to make the defense. 50 soldiers and 100 locals came to the aid of him. They were commanded by Captain Diego de Betancourt.

At the beginning of the War of Independence in the year of 1810, Cura Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla sent his nephew Miguel the Lego Gallaga to coordinate the movement on the coasts of Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit.5

In October 1811, after the battle of Palo Blanco, Lego Gallaga, together with Sandoval and Toral, he retired to Mascota and the Coast along the course of the Banderas Valley, where he separated from them, reaching Tomatlán. Gallaga made words with the Sandoval, then, one of those who accompanied Sandoval made fire on the Lego, who was seriously injured. Sandoval immediately ordered him to be shot in front of the Temple of Santo Santiago; Gallaga, lying there on her knees, implored the mercy of God, sold her eyes herself with her handkerchief, and gave the voice of fire falling dead with two bullets. The Indians who were very fond of him, picked up his body, took him to the presbytery of the parish, opened a sepulcher in which an ecclesiastic was buried in a drawer from which they took him out, and then deposited the remains of Gallaga, being the tragic one The end of this famous layman, who gave so much to the troops of Nueva Galicia. Since 1825 belonged to the 6th. Canton of Autlán until 1878 when it happens to depend on the 10 canton of Mascota. The decree of September 23, 1878 already refers to Tomatlán as a municipal entity.

Location

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Tomatlán is located west of the state at coordinates 19° 56’ 13" north latitude and 105° 15’ 0" west longitude; at a height of 50 meters above sea level.

Municipal limits

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It has administrative limits with the following municipalities and / or geographical accidents, according to its location:[3]

Orography

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Its surface is made up of rugged areas (42%), hills and mountains that have heights ranging from 200 to 1,100 meters above sea level; semi-flat areas (41%) on hills and slopes with heights from 125 to 200 meters above sea level, and flat areas (17%).

The composition of the soils is of predominant types cambisol, already Eutrico or Chromic, Feozem Háplico and Regosol Eutrico; to the north of the population are small strips of Acrisol Ortico.

The municipality has a territorial area of 265,750 hectares, of which 44,224 are used for agricultural purposes, 112,400 in livestock activity, 108,220 are for forest use and 886 hectares are urban land, not specifying the use of 20. As far as the property refers to an extension of 124,669 hectares is private and another of 87,081 is ejidal; 54,000 hectares are communal property.

Hydrography

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This municipality belongs to the central Pacific basin, sub-basin Tomatlán River. Its main currents are: Llano Grande river and streams: Los Prietos, Coyula, La Quemada, El Salado, Las Ánimas, El Tule and others of minor importance. They are also part of its hydrological resources, the dams: Cajón de Peñas, El Cobano and San Juan, in addition to the Laguna del Tule.

Climate

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The climate is semi-dry, with dry winter and spring, and warm, with no well-defined winter thermal change. The average annual temperature is 26.9 °C, with a maximum of 34.1 °C and a minimum of 19.6 °C. The rainfall regime is recorded in the month of October with an average rainfall of 892.2 millimeters. The annual average of days with frosts is 33. The prevailing winds are heading south to north.

Localities that make up the municipality

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California Canyon, Benito Juárez, Cacaluta, SAGAR Camp, Acosta Field, Texas Canada, Cimarronas, Corralito de Piloto, Coyula, Realito Cruise, Gargantillo Cruise, CONASUPO Cruise, Habal Cruise, Pilot Cruise, Dam Cruise Cajón de Peña, El Acautal, Hot Water, Avocado, Alejo, Anono, El Aserradero del Reparo, El Avalito, El Cacao, El Caimán, El Carrizalillo, El Chicharrón, El Coco, El Corrido, El Criadero, El Cruise, El Divisadero, El Divisadero de la Cumbre, El Donocito, El Edén (El Chorro), El Gacho, El Guamúchil, El Guasimal, El Guayabillo, El Limón, El Mangal, El Mapache, El Nacastal, El Naranjo, El Nogal, El Ocotillo, El Palmarito, El Paraíso, El Platanar, El Portezuelo, El Porvenir, El Realito, El Recodo, El Swirl, El Rescate, El Rincón de los Robles, El Salitre, El Sube y Baja, El Taray, El Tigre, El Tule, El Zarco, Emiliano Zapata Yautepec (Agua Zarca), Guayacán, Hidalgo, Higuera Blanca, José María Morelos,

José María Pino Suárez, La Cruz de Loreto, La Cueva, La Cumbre, Florida, La Fortuna, La Garita, La Gloria, Gargantillo, La Higuerita, La Lima, La Loma, La Mesa, La Palmera de Don Chayo, La Palomita, The Painted Stone, The Painted, The Providence, The Napkin, The Surprise, The Tavern, The Turpentine, La Villita, La Virgencita, Las Animas, Las Jarillas, Las Partidas, Las Pilitas, Las Porras,

Las Tunitas, Lázaro Cárdenas (La Nancy), Llano del Toro, Llano Grande, López Mateos, Los Ángeles, Los Atascaderos, Los Charcos, Los Cimientos, Los Cobertizos, Los Corralitos, Los Coyotes, Los Diques, Los Guayabitos, Los Horcones, Los Llanitos, Los Naranjos, Los Sauces, Los Tecomates, Los Terreros, Macuautitlán, Malobaco, Mariano Otero, Mismaloya, Modelo, Nuevo Nahuapa, Nuevo Santiago, Palmillas, Palmira, Pando Grande, Paso del Guamúchil, Plan de Ayala, Pochotitán, Presa Cajón de Peña, Puentecillas, San Antonio, San Carlos Coacoyul, San Cayetano, San Francisco (Palo Blancal), San Ignacio (Juan Ignacio), San Isidro, San Miguel, San Rafael de los Moreno, Santa Alejandra, Santa Elena, Santa Gertrudis, Santa María, Sayulapa, Tejerías, Teocinte (Teocintle), Tequesquite, Tierras Blancas, Tomatlán, Tres Puertas, Majahuas Valley (El Poblado), Vicente Guerrero (Las Lomas Coloradas), Viejo Nahuapa, Cabrel, El Ginger.

Economy

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Cattle, pigs, sheep and goats are raised, in addition to birds and hives. Farming produce highlights include corn, sorghum, rice, tobacco, watermelon, plantain, mango, papaya, pineapple, sunflower, chile, sesame and coconut palm. Precious woods are exploited such as: barcino, parota, mahogany, habillo, cedar, tampicirano, spring and purple rose. Mainly bass, brown, bass and carp are caught.

There are establishments that sell basic necessities and mixed stores that sell small-scale diverse items. Financial, professional, technical, communal, social, personal, tourist and maintenance services are provided. There are currently small industries in the municipal seat. The main branches are the transformation of food, dairy products, pastures and construction.

The main salt mines of the state of Jalisco are found.

Tourism

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El Chorro

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This beach, located 10 km from the town of La Gloria, is of strong waves, an idea for fishing, it is a scenario where we find dunes, mangroves, and warm sands that divide the sea and the estuary.

Terrenos frente al mar en costa alegre tomatlan
Terrenos frente al mar en costa alegre tomatlan

Peñitas

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Magnificent beach framed by large rocks which allude to its name, Peñitas is considered a unique and very rare place, since in it we can appreciate the passage of a Nahuatl culture that predominantly dominated the large municipality of Tomatlán, the stones painted with Petroglyphs that exist in this medium-textured sandy beach, they suggest that our ancestors appreciated the beauty of Peñitas, leaving us their message so that future generations would know that this beach was considered favorite among the natives.

Costa Majahuas

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The beach of Majahuas has strong waves, it is attractive for fishing and for this reason we have the visit of people who love sport fishing during the year, during Easter the camp is traditional, since most of the families of many towns in the municipality, move at that time of year to spend a holiday in complete peace and in a constant harmony with nature, also has many families from other parts of the country who seek to get away from the intense noise and pollution of their places originally.

Chalacatepec

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Pradisiaca white sand beach, which is part of the great coastline that makes up the municipality of Tomatlán, this charming place is made up of several scenarios, highlighting the vegetation, the sea and the group of rocks that frame the beach.

In its warm sands we can appreciate a great variety of wildlife, which is considered unique throughout the world, the intense blue of the sky makes it confused with the sea on the horizon.

Chalacatepec has become an ideal place for the reproduction of the beautiful sea turtle, since year after year it seeks the warmth of its beach to lay eggs, which are currently protected by a turtle camp that sits here.

Peñitas de la Cruz

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This is another of the beautiful beaches that characterize Tomatlan. Ideal for swimming, resting and camping, receiving visitors who come to enjoy its attractions on weekends, it gives tourist life to the municipality.

Cajón de Peñas Dam

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The largest dam in Jalisco, with its immense curtain that looks like a fortress that keeps the most picturesque landscapes, surrounded by a range of greens that contrast with each other and where water sports such as bass fishing, skiing and windsurfing are practiced. It also has comfortable cabins to rest and forget the daily routine.

The Painted Stone

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Located on the banks of the Tomatlàn River, this unique cave painting in Mesoamerica, is 40 meters high by 8 meters long and 2 meters wide, and is pigmented in red.

It is noteworthy that in the entire riverbank of the Tomatlan River there are vestiges of ancient cultures, abundant petroglyphs among which a "Patolli Game" of which there are only two in western Mexico.

Temple of Saint James the Apostle

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This parish, in the center of Tomatlan, is an architectural jewel of the Franciscan style, made of stone, lime and quarry. Its walls have a thickness of one and a half meters and its roof is half-round with a beautiful vault that tops the presbytery. The Baptistry and Sacristy are also vaulted; a quarry snail leads to the bell tower, climbing 49 reduced steps, which forces it to step on its side, to its low tower 6 meters base by 4 high.

Notable people

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  • Randy Santana (born 1983), Mexican former professional footballer

Government

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Municipal presidents

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Municipal president Term Political party Notes
Trinidad Betancourt[4] 1848
Juan de Dios Rodríguez 1849
Gregorio Betancourt 1871–1872
Hilario Mariscal 1873–1875
Genaro Menis 1877
Socorro Araiza 1878
J. de la Cruz Pérez 1879
Damián Barbosa 1880
Pedro Silva 1880
J. de la Cruz Pérez 1881
Concepción Gómez 1881
Ambrosio Ríos 1881
Rafael Macedo 1884
Socorro Araiza 1885
Apolinar González 1885–1886
Agustín Betancourt 1887
Apolinar González 1888
Fiacro Ríos 1889
Apolinar González 1891–1892
Rafael Macedo 1893
Norberto Betancourt 1894
Juan Rentería 1895
Manuel Arróniz 1896
Félix A. Fernández 1897
Norberto Betancourt 1898
Apolinar González 1899
Ambrosio Ríos 1900
Apolinar González 1901–1902
Juan Betancourt 1903
Ambrosio Ríos 1904
Pedro J. Gavica 1905
Pedro Meléndez 1906
Hilario González 1907
Filiberto Guerrero 1908
Ramón Parra 1909
Norberto Betancourt 1910
Filiberto Guerrero 1911
Salvador Camacho 1911
Pedro J. Gavica 1912–1913
Gil Guijarro 1914–1915
Feliciano Ramos 1916–1918
Norberto Betancourt 1920
David González 1921
Gil Guijarro 1922
Félix A. Fernández 1923
Raúl Fernández Ríos 1924
Enrique Betancourt Salgado 1925
José María Díaz 1926
Enrique Santamaría Salgado 1927
Juan Rentería 1928–1929
Cirilo Meléndez 1930 PNR
Enrique Santamaría Salgado 1931 PNR
Abel Salgado Meléndez 1932 PNR
Enrique Santamaría Salgado 1933 PNR
Abel Salgado Meléndez 1934 PNR
Ignacio Salgado Meléndez 1935–1936 PNR
Pablo González Rodríguez 1937 PNR
Lorenzo Rico 1938 PRM
Braulio V. García 1939 PRM
Filiberto Cordero Gutiérrez 1940 PRM
Ignacio Salgado Meléndez 1941 PRM
Juventino Virgen Macedo 1942 PRM
Juan Gaviño Domínguez 1943 PRM
Abel González Alatorre 1944 PRM
Pablo Santamaría Díaz 1945 PRM
Juan Gaviño Domínguez 1946 PRI
Gilberto Rentería Mariscal 1947–1948 PRI
Jesús González Betancourt 1949 PRI
Gilberto Rentería Mariscal 1950 PRI
Amado Santamaría Díaz 1951 PRI
Gonzalo Muñoz Joya 1952 PRI
Diego Betancourt González 1953–1955 PRI
Miguel Becerra Osorio 1956 PRI
Eduardo Fierros Villalobos 1957 PRI
Gonzalo Muñoz Joya 1958 PRI
Pablo Velasco Morales 1959–1960 PRI
Gilberto Rentería Mariscal 1962–1964 PRI
Pablo Velasco Morales 1965–1967 PRI
Teresa Guerra Arrizon 1968–1970 PRI
Martín Alba Mendoza 1971–1973 PRI
Rigoberto Velázquez Navarro 01-01-1974–31-12-1976 PRI
Vidal Mora Castillo 01-01-1977–31-12-1979 PRI
Armando Santamaría Palomera 01-01-1980–31-12-1982 PRI
Amado Galindo Plazola[5] 01-01-1983–1983 PRI His political immunity was withdrawn because he ordered the assassination of councilor Adalberto Villa Hernández[6][7]
Amado Santamaría Díaz 1983–31-12-1985 PRI Acting municipal president
Gabriel Becerra Ocampo 01-01-1986–31-12-1988 PRI
Bertha González Rubio[8] 01-01-1989–1992 PRI
Antonio Sahagún Virgen[9] 1992–1995 PRI
Javier Delgadillo Mancilla[10] 1995–1997 PRI
José Zárate Camarillo[11] 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 PRD
Óscar Estrella Bonilla[12] 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 PRI
Nélida Gutiérrez Rodríguez[13] 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 PRD
Soledad Meléndez González[14][15] 01-01-2007–31-12-2009 PRI
Juventino Sahagún Virgen[16] 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 PRI
Panal 		Coalition "Alliance for Jalisco"
Saúl Galindo Plazola[17] 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 PRD
Jorge Luis Tello García[18] 01-10-2015–30-09-2018 PAN
PRD
Jorge Luis Tello García[19] 01-10-2018–30-09-2021 PAN
PRD
MC 		Was reelected on 1 July 2018
Daniel Ruiz Benavides[20] 01-10-2021– MC

Sister cities

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References

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  1. ^ Citypopulation.de
  2. ^ "Tomatlán". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on March 24, 2007. Retrieved April 16, 2009.
  3. ^ Source: INEGI. Municipal Geostatistical Framework 2005.
  4. ^ "Ayuntamiento de Tomatlán. Cronología de los Presidentes Municipales" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Cómputo del Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco en las Elecciones de munícipes, 1982. Tomatlán. PRI: 3431 votos. Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores (PST): 361 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Alcalde asesino" (in Spanish). 25 August 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Congreso del Estado de Jalisco". Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes, 1988. Tomatlán. PRI: 1682 votos. Coalición Cardenista Jalisciense (CCJ): 791 votos. PAN: 40 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Elección de munícipes, 1992. Tomatlán. PRI: 2755 votos. PRD: 1240 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Elección de munícipes, 1995. Tomatlán. PRI: 3062 votos. PAN: 2287 votos. PRD: 1655 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes, 1997. Tomatlán. PRD: 3505 votos. PRI: 3257 votos. PAN: 2064 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultados de la elección de munícipes del 12 de noviembre de 2000. Tomatlán. PRI: 3911 votos. PAN: 2692 votos. PRD: 2676 votos. Partido de la Sociedad Nacionalista (PSN): 250 votos. PT: 226 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Integración de votos correspondientes a cada partido por municipio, elecciones del año 2003. Tomatlán. PRD: 4430 votos. PRI: 3935 votos. PAN: 1350 votos. PT: 887 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Listado de presidentes municipales electos, Jalisco" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Jalisco. CEEJ. Resultado de los cómputos municipales, 5 de julio de 2006. Tomatlán. PRI: 3996 votos. PRD: 2845 votos. PAN: 2504 votos. Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 1113 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  16. ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Proceso electoral 2009. Ayuntamiento de Tomatlán. PRI-Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 3669 votos. PRD: 3021 votos. PAN: 2580 votos. PVEM: 2569 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  17. ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Integración ayuntamientos 2012. Anexo V. Tomatlán. PRD: 4662 votos. PRI-PVEM: 4377 votos. PAN: 3870 votos. PT-MC: 866 votos. Partido Nueva Alianza (Panal): 860 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  18. ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Resultados de la elección de munícipes. Proceso electoral local ordinario 2015. Integración de ayuntamientos 2015. Tomatlán. PAN-PRD: 6013 votos. MC: 4216 votos. PRI-PVEM: 3809 votos. Morena: 363 votos. PT: 337 votos. Partido Humanista (PH): 100 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Integración de ayuntamientos, 2018. Anexo 4. Tomatlán. PAN-PRD-MC: 8263 votos. PRI: 3295 votos. PT-Morena-PES: 2067 votos. PVEM: 669 votos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  20. ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana del Estado de Jalisco. IEPC Jalisco. Proceso electoral concurrente 2021. Integración de Ayuntamientos, 2021. Tomatlán. MC: 8120 votos. Morena: 4479 votos. Hagamos: 1314 votos. PRD: 262 votos. PVEM: 248 votos. PRI: 188 votos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2023.
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