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Joaquín Romo (1888), Guadalajara: Apuntes históricos, biográficos, estadísticos y descriptivos de la capital del estado de Jalisco (in Spanish), México: I. Paz, OCLC 11440546, OL 6720017M Eduardo A. Gibbon (1893), Guadalajara: (La Florencia Mexicana) Vagancias Y Recuerdos (in Spanish), Guadalajara: Imp. del "Diario de Jalisco", OCLC 1703445
Guadalajara (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d əl ə ˈ h ɑːr ə / GWAH-də-lə-HAR-ə; [5] Spanish: [ɡwaðalaˈxaɾa] ⓘ) is a city in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco.According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 8th most populous city in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, [6] [7] making ...
Guadalajara is a municipality, the basic level of local division in Spain. The Ayuntamiento is the body charged with the municipal government and administration. The Plenary of the ayuntamiento is formed by 25 elected municipal councillors, [ 49 ] who in turn invest the mayor .
Guadalajara grew from about 6,000 people in 1713 to 20,000 in mid century to 35,000 at the beginning of the 19th century. ... It is a myth that the origin of the name ...
The justification of Spanish (and Portuguese) overseas conquests was to convert the existing populations to Christianity. The pope granted the Spanish monarch (and the crown of Portugal) broad concessions termed the Patronato Real or Royal Patronage, giving the monarch the power to appoint candidates for high ecclesiastical posts, collection of tithes and support of the clergy, but did not ...
Many well-known Mexican symbols have their origin in or around Guadalajara such as tequila, mariachi music, and, more recently, contemporary music such as electronic and rock music. Guadalajara is a city with a great number of contemporary artists in the country; in dance, theatre, music, photography, cinema, design, architecture, etc.; it also ...
As men are migrating for other, mostly industrial, work opportunities and agrarian work is decreasing, women have come to dominate the textile industry, which caters mainly to tourists. Weaving and factory life has become a way of life for many Zapotec women in Oaxaca. "Clothing is a relatively new industry which began about 1960.
This topic category contains articles related to the history of Guadalajara, Jalisco, in Mexico. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.