Pihuamo is a town and municipality located in the state of Jalisco in Mexico.
History Pihuamo is a municipality located in the southeast region of the state of Jalisco. At one time this region belonged to another town in Jalisco known as Tzapotlán. The occupants of this town have had various origins: toltecas, zapotecas and purépechas. The purépechas arrived to that region in 1480, and they dominated the town of Tzapotlán for some years, but before the Spanish conquest they were defeated by the indigenous of Zapotlán, Zacoalco, Sayula, and Colima in the Saltpeter War (1480-1510) (Guerra del Salitre).
This territory was discovered and conquered by the Captain Cristóbal de Olid with the aid of Juan Rodríguez de Villafuerte in early 1522 when they were sent there by Hernán Cortés to explore the western region of what is today known as Jalisco. In 1598 the town of Santiago of Pivámoc was on the bank of a river, in a valley between the high hills. It was inhabited by seven married aborigines. They spoke the Mexican language and the popoloca language. They lived in Tuxpan. Xilollancini was a little town that was in a deep valley; however Xilollancini was destroyed by a heavy rain that lasted various hours and it divided La Cajita hill. Today, this town is called Pueblo Viejo. This incident caused Xilollancini to be changed from its old location to its current location called Las Lomas. This place belonged to a man named Pío, who his workers called "owner", and with the time these 2 words were converted into the current name of this town: Pihuamo. During Mexico's Independence from Spain 1810–1821, the parroquial files were burned. Antonio Cañas escaped because frequently, in the church, he gave the orders to the insurgent movement. In 1825 he was in the town hall because at that time the town was controlled by the army, the "4º Cantón de Sayula" and in 1890 the town was controlled by other army, the name of that army was the "9º Cantón de Ciudad Guzmán". In the development of Pihuamo, there isn't information about the history of this municipality between 1825 and 1890. In April 1891 this place became a municipality, and the territorial limits were established. This was under the 472 decree on 29 April of the sale year. The 7341 decree published on 27 January 1959 granted the title of "Villa". In Pihuamo, Dr. Atl presented the chimerical city of the Universal Culture with the name of "Olinka". Olinka is a náhuatl word and it means place where movement is generated. The objective of Olinka was that artists and intellectual people could live there.
Government Municipal presidents Municipal president Term Political party NotesIgnacio Castellanos1908–1910Manuel Mora Urzúa1910Gabriel de la Mora1910Anastacio Carrillo Orozco1911J. Trinidad L. Fernández1911Catarino Ceballos1912Leopoldo Magaña1912Florencio Amezcua1912Longinos Nuño1913J. Luz E. Ceballos1913Sóstenes Carrillo1913Gabriel de la Mora1913Leopoldo Magaña1914–1917Juan Ceballos1918Francisco Chávez1918Manuel Oliveros1918José Ochoa Amezcua1919Margarito O. Casillas1919José Encarnación Ochoa1919Teodoro Gutiérrez1919Telésforo Reyes1919José Ochoa Amezcua1919Gabriel de la Mora1919Teodoro Gutiérrez1920José de Jesús Ceballos1920Leopoldo Magaña1921Juan Ceballos1921J. Luis Gutiérrez1921Leopoldo Magaña1921–1922Teodoro Gutiérrez1922Anastacio Carrillo Orozco1923Pedro de la Mora1924J. Jesús Gutiérrez1924José Ma. Ceballos1924Leopoldo M. Álvarez1924Nemesio Valencia1924–1925José Ma. Ceballos1925José de Jesús Gutiérrez1925N/A1926Heliodoro Ruvalcaba1927J. Encarnación Arellano1927Ramón Vergara1928Fidencio Vergara1928Ramón Vergara1929Donaciano Cárdenas1929PNR Juan G. Rodríguez1930PNR Luciano Ceballos1931PNR Ramón Vergara1932PNR Nemesio Valencia1933PNR Fidencio Vergara1933PNR J. Encarnación Ochoa Arellano1933PNR J. Miguel Quintero1933PNR Jacobo Godínez1934PNR Emiliano Ochoa1935–1936PNR Heliodoro Ceballos Pérez1937PNR Luciano Ceballos Luna1938PNR Antonio Ramos Ramírez1938PRM José Ma. Ceballos1939PRM Macario Mora Barajas1940PRM Daniel Estrada1941PRM Eusebio Llamas1942PRM Ángel Ramírez Barón1943PRM Salvador Arellano1944PRM Luis Amezcua Zárate1945–1946PRM Severiano Casillas Ochoa1947PRI Ramón Vergara Anguiano1948PRI Cristóbal Lepe S.1949PRI Manuel Sánchez Araujo1950–1952PRI Severiano Casillas Ochoa1953–1955PRI Simón Gálvez Larios1956–1958PRI Luis Amezcua Zárate1959–1961PRI Florencio Amezcua Martínez1961PRI Acting municipal presidentLuis Amezcua Zárate1961PRI Acting municipal presidentAbel Bautista Peña01-01-1962–31-12-1964PRI Ismael Ortiz Ochoa01-01-1965–31-12-1967PRI Raúl Mejía Valencia01-01-1968–31-12-1970PRI Abel Bautista Peña01-01-1971–31-12-1973PRI Humberto Amezcua Bautista01-01-1974–31-12-1976PRI Pedro Flores Verduzco01-01-1977–31-12-1979PRI Mercedes Chavira L.01-01-1980–31-12-1982PRI Raúl Mejía Valencia 01-01-1983–31-12-1985PDM Gonzalo Rodríguez Hinojosa01-01-1986–31-12-1988PRI Eduardo Ramírez Jiménez01-01-1989–1992PRI Alfredo Casillas Mendoza1992–1995PRI Jesús Cuevas Morfín 1995–1997PRI Mario Héctor González Flores 01-01-1998–31-12-2000PRI Jesús Solórzano Castellanos01-01-2001–31-12-2003Convergencia Democrática (CD) Felipe de Jesús Mayoral Landín01-01-2004–31-12-2006PRI Mario Héctor González Flores 01-01-2007–31-12-2009PRI Felipe de Jesús Mayoral Landín01-01-2010–30-09-2012PRI Panal Coalition "Alliance for Jalisco"Everardo Contreras López 01-10-2012–30-09-2015PT MC Coalition "Progressive Alliance for Jalisco"María Elizabeth Alcaraz Virgen01-10-2015–31-03-2018MC She applied for a temporary leave, to run backed by the "Front for Mexico" (PAN-PRD-MC) towards the deputation of the local electoral district 19 of Jalisco, which she gotAbel Larios Jiménez01-04-2018–2018MC Acting municipal presidentJuan Alcaraz Virgen 01-10-2018–05-03-2021PT Morena PES Coalition "Together We Will Make History"Humberto Amezcua Bautista01-10-2021–28-02-2024PRI Applied for a leave in order to seek reelection. Was murdered on the night of 15 March 2024 in downtown PihuamoMario Ceballos Córdova01-03-2024–PRI Acting municipal president
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