Mazamitla

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Mazamitla
Coordinates: 19 ° 55 ′  N , 103 ° 1 ′  W
Map: Jalisco
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Mazamitla
Mazamitla on the map of Jalisco
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Jalisco
Municipio Mazamitla
City foundation 1165
Residents 7865  (2010)
City insignia
EscudoMazamitla.gif
Detailed data
height 2234  m
City Presidency Eduardo Anaya Ruan
Website www.mazamitla.gob.mx
Calle de Mazamitla.jpg

Mazamitla is a town in the Mexican state of Jalisco and is known as Pueblo Mágico for its pine forests and wood handicrafts. Mazamitla is located at 2234 meters in the forests of Mexico and means something like "place where you hunt deer with a bow and arrow". The town, the largest town in the municipality of the same name and its administrative seat, has 7865 inhabitants (2010 census).

Mazamitla is the birthplace of Bishop Vicente Castellanos y Núñez .

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