San Juan de los Lagos
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Coordinates: 21 ° 15 ′ N , 102 ° 20 ′ W San Juan de los Lagos on the map of Jalisco
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Jalisco | |
| Municipio | San Juan de los Lagos | |
| City foundation | 1542 | |
| Residents | 48,684 (2010) | |
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| height | 1743 m | |
| Post Code | 47000 | |
| prefix | 395 | |
| City Presidency | Heriberto Atilano González | |
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San Juan de los Lagos is a city in the northeastern part of the state of Jalisco in Mexico . It is located in the surrounding municipality of the same name, 874.47 km², of San Juan de los Lagos , whose seat and largest town it is. In 2010 the city had 48,684 inhabitants.
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San Juan de los Lagos receives 4 million visitors a year who come to see the downtown Cathedral of Mary of San Juan de los Lagos .
sons and daughters of the town
- Ignacio de Alba y Hernández (1890–1978), Bishop of Colima
- María Izquierdo (1902–1955), painter
- Ramón Martín Huerta (1957-2005), politician
Town twinning
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Burgos , Spain
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Moreno Valley , California , USA
Others
On the night of September 15-16, 1945, the team bus of the Rayados de Monterrey football club caught fire in an accident in this town and eight of its players suffered severe burns, some of which two players did not survive. The accident occurred on the way to an away game of the Mexican soccer league in the 1945/46 season at the Guadalajara- based Club Deportivo Oro .
