- Nochistlán de Mejía Municipality
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Nochistlán de Mejía
Nochistlán— Municipality — Location of Nochistlán with in Zacatecas and Mexico
Coordinates: 21°48′03″N 102°45′57″W / 21.80083°N 102.76583°W Country 
MexicoState Zacatecas Municipal seat Nochistlán de Mejía Largest City Nochistlán de Mejía Villa de Guadalajara (When settled by Spaniards) 1531[1] Founded Municipality 1825 Government – Municipal President Moises Ornelas Aguayo PAN Area – Total 867 km2 (334.8 sq mi) Population (2005) – Total 26,195 – Largest City 15,322 Time zone CST (UTC=6) Postal Code 99900-99919 Area code(s) 346 Nochistlán is one of the 58 municipalities in the Mexican state of Zacatecas. Founded by the Caxcanes, it was also the first site of Guadalajara in Mexico.
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Population
In the 2005 census the Municipality of Nochistlán reported a population of 26,195.[2] Of these, 15,322 lived in the municipal seat, Nochistlán, and the remainder lived in surrounding rural communities.
History
The first news that we have regarding the natives of these lands points to the Tecuexes. These people established settlements around 1000 A.D. Later in the 12th century a new group of people moved in, these people were called Caxcanes and they were from the valley in Tuitlán, which is now found in the Municipality of Villanueva, Zacatecas. The Caxcanes established Nochistlán by driving out the Tecuexes by force.
Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, on December 3, 1531, hired Cristobal de Oñate to establish a village in Nochistlán, (now a town in Zacatecas) the village would be named Guadalajara to honor Guzmán for having been born in Guadalajara. Guadalajara was founded in Nochistlán on January 5, having as officials Oñate, Sancho Ortiz de Zuñiga and Miguel de Ibarra. They worked at this project for only 16 months and created the first layout of Guadalajara.
Location
- Latitude 21°48'03" N
- Longitude 102°45'57" W
- Population 26, 195
Coordinates: 21°48′N 102°46′W / 21.8°N 102.767°W
References
- ^ Nochistlán Website's History Page
- ^ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
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