Guachinango Municipality
Guachinango is a town and municipality in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 837.7 km 2. The Spanish discovered gold lodes here in the 1540s, which started commercial gold mining in the area.
Guachinango Municipality

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Guachinango is a town and municipality in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 837.7 km 2. The Spanish discovered gold lodes here in the 1540s, which started commercial gold mining in the area.
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• Name — Guachinango • Settlement Type — Municipality and town • Mapsize — 200px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Mexico • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Jalisco • Area Total Km2 — 837.7 • Area Blank1 Title — Town • Area Blank1 Km2 — 1.25 • Population As Of — 2020 census • Population Total — 4,199 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Population Blank1 Title — Town • Population Blank1 — 2124 • Population Density Blank1 Km2 — auto
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- 1.Citypopulation.de Population of Guachinango municipality with localities
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- 3.Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Guachinango. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México.
- 4.West, Robert. Early Silver Mining in New Spain, 1531-1555. Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited. 58. 1997.
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