Acatlán de Juárez

Acatlán de Juárez is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 166.68 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 22,540. The first settlers in the region were members of a tribe that was established in Cocula, They were defeated by the Purepecha in 1509. In the year of 1550 the area for the first time attained the first level of a municipality, under the power of the viceroy of the New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza. During his rule he encountered discontent with people in Zacoalco de Torres, Ahualulco and Ameca. In the first half of the 17th century the Augustinians built a temple dedicated to Santa Ana, known today as the " Parroquia de Santa Ana". In 1825 the area...