Guachinango (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwatʃiˈnaŋɡo]) is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 837.7 km2.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,138.[2]
The Spanish discovered gold lodes here in the 1540s, which started commercial gold mining in the area.[3]
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Guachinango municipality with localities
- ^ "Guachinango". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on May 31, 2007. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
- ^ West,Robert. Early Silver Mining in New Spain, 1531-1555 (1997). Bakewell, Peter (ed.). Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Aldershot: Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 58.
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