Etzatlán is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 337.8 km2.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 17,564.
It is home to the world’s largest crochet canopy, as certified by The Guinness Book of World Records.
In 2020, the Chilean writer José Baroja dedicated a story entitled Etzatlán to this.
Localities Name Population (2005) Etzatlán 12,924 Oconahua 2,132 Santa Rosalía 1,079 La Mazata 589 San Rafael (Hacienda de San Rafael) 168 Puerta de Pericos (Tlachichilco) 141 Palo Verde 132 San Sebastián (Ex-hacienda de San Sebastián) 98 El Amparo (La Embocada) 64 La Quebrada 63
Government Municipal presidents
Notable people Luis Felipe Lomelí (1975-), writer Carlos Quintero Arce (1920-2016), was a Mexican prelate and at his death he was the oldest Mexican bishopCatholic Hierarchy
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