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Tequila, Jalisco
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Santiago de Tequila is a Mexican town and municipality located in the state of Jalisco about 60 km from the city of Guadalajara. Tequila is best known as being the birthplace of the drink that bears its name, "tequila," which is made from the blue agave plant, native to this area. The heart of the plant contains natural sugars and was traditionally used to make a fermented drink. After the Spanish arrived, they took this fermented beverage and distilled it, producing the tequila known today. The popularity of the drink and the history behind it has made the town and the area surrounding it a World Heritage Site. It was also named a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2003 by the Mexican federal government.
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Plaque commemoration Tequila's inclusion into the World Heritage List
Plaque commemoration Tequila's inclusion into the World Heritage List
Image: Streets of Tequila 664424236 (cropped)
Image: Streets of Tequila 664424236 (cropped)
Image: Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol con ángel
Image: Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol con ángel
Jalisco
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Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by six states, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacán, and Colima. Jalisco is divided into 125 municipalities, and its capital and largest city is Guadalajara.
Guachimontones archaelogical site, built and inhabited by the Teuchitlán culture from 300 BCE to 450 CE.
Guachimontones archaelogical site, built and inhabited by the Teuchitlán culture from 300 BCE to 450 CE.
Jaliscan ceramic warrior, c. 100 BCE to 150 CE.
Jaliscan ceramic warrior, c. 100 BCE to 150 CE.
Depiction of the conquest of Jalisco by Spaniard Cristóbal de Olid and his Tlaxcalan allies, as depicted in the Lienzo de Tlaxcala of 1522.
Depiction of the conquest of Jalisco by Spaniard Cristóbal de Olid and his Tlaxcalan allies, as depicted in the Lienzo de Tlaxcala of 1522.
Monument to Beatriz Hernández, a Spanish settler who helped establish the city of Guadalajara in 1542.
Monument to Beatriz Hernández, a Spanish settler who helped establish the city of Guadalajara in 1542.