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Quitupan
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Quitupan
Land	Mexiko
State	Jalisco
Foundation	1870
Regierung
• Mayor	Irlando Contreras Aguilar(PRI)
Area
• Total	187.9 km2 (72.5 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	8,491
• Density	13.77/km2 (35.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

Quitupan is a town and municipality located in the Southeastern region of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. The name Quitupan comes from the word "Quitoa" or "Quitla", and it means "place where declarations or treaties come form" or "place that is located above".

History

The formal indigenous foundation of the town precisely coincides with the establishment of a peace treaty between Tarascos and natives (ten years before the arrival of the conqueror Hernan Cortes), as a result of the Guerra del Salitre. As far as the population is centered, it could have already existed then. By small that outside, since still in 1580 we found it integrated by only 30 families.

The town was conquered by Alonso de Avalos, who nevertheless recognized the chieftainship of the original inhabitants. In 1522, Cortez dispatched one of his generals, Critobal de Olid to conquer Quitupan and surrounding areas. In 1530, Nuno Guzman arrived to conduct a census of the native inhabitants and to impose a new order. The Evangelization of Quitupan was led by the Franciscans. In 1530, Friar Martin de Jesus began to preach. He was joined in 1532 by Friars Juan de Padilla and Miguel de Bologna. Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza then visited the area, under his appointment by King Charles V of Spain to pacify the various indigenous people of New Spain and to unify the territory, which was partially divided among competing conquistors.

During the second half of the century, the region was beset by various armed confrontations between conservatives and liberals. Other historical landmarks include the Franciscan Intervention, the revolution of 1920 and the Guerra Cristera. On October 28th 1870 Quitupan was official recognized as a municipality of the state of Jalisco and its first president was Francisco Lorenzo Gonzalez.

Geography and Environment

Quitupan is located in the southeast region of the state of Jalisco. The Northern latitudes measures 19º 39' 20" to 19 °58’ 10”, the Western longitude measures 102° 45’ to 103° 01’, and is 1,593 meters above sea level.

More than half of its surface (55%) is built upon accidental areas, with altitudes reaching more than 1,800 to 2,100 meters above sea level. One quarter of the land (25%) forms part of the mountain range known as Mazamitla. The semi planes are found at one quarter of the surface (25%) which is mostly composed of mountainside and hills with altitudes of 1650 to 1800. The rest of it surface (20%) are plains that measure altitudes of 1550 to 1650 meters.

Climate The climate is semi dry. Winters and Springs are dry and semi warm with little temperature change. The annual average temperature is 19 C with a maximum of 26.71C. The rainy season begins in June and lasts until August with a precipitation of 807.3 millimeters.

Lakes and Lagoons

The Lagoon of the Guadalupe, also known as El Quiringual because three quarters of the lagoon is in inhabited by the town Quiringual.