Municipio Tequila (Jalisco)

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tequila
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Jalisco
Seat tequila
surface 1,697.6 km²
Residents 40,697 (2010)
density 24 inhabitants per km²
founding 1824
Website tequilajalisco.gob.mx
INEGI no. 14094
politics
Presidente municipal Gil Arellano
Agave fields in tequila
Agave fields in tequila

Coordinates: 20 ° 53 ′  N , 103 ° 50 ′  W

Tequila is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco in the Región Valles . The municipality had 40,697 inhabitants at the 2010 census; the area of ​​the municipality is 1,697.7 km².

Tequila of the same name is the largest city in the municipality and its administrative center ; other places with more than a thousand inhabitants are El Salvador and Santa Teresa .

The municipality of Tequila borders the municipalities of San Martín de Bolaños , Ahualulco de Mercado , Amatitán , Cristóbal de la Barranca , Zapopan , Hostotipaquillo , Magdalena and San Juanito de Escobedo, as well as the states of Zacatecas and Nayarit .

The municipal area is very rich in relics and lies between 700 m and 2300 m above sea level. With the exception of a few valleys, there are hardly any plains. The soil is stony and consists mainly of limestone, andesite, basalt and volcanic rock from the Tequila volcano.

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