Amatitán

Amatitán

Amatitán

Municipality and town in Jalisco, Mexico


Amatitán is the seat of a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco, and is home to one of the world's largest tequila distilleries.

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It is the location of “La Hacienda de San José del Refugio”, a distillery which makes “Tequila Herradura” and “Tequila Jimador” and is the main source of employment for the residents of the town and surrounding communities.

The Town of Amatitán is the administrative center for the "Municipio de Amatitán" which also includes the surrounding communities of Santiaguito, Villa de Cuerámbaro, Chome, La Mata, La Conchilla, El Amarrilo, Agua Fría, Santa Rosa and several other smaller settlements.

Amatitán can be visited from Guadalajara by taking the Tequila Herradura Express, a train which runs on Saturdays from Guadalajara to Amatitán, there tourists are offered tours of the local distilleries and the nearby city of Tequila, located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north of Amatitán. Amatitán can also be reached from Guadalajara by car driving north on Mexican Federal Highway 15, it is a drive of about 45 minutes and the road is kept in fairly good shape.

The economy of the municipality of Amatitán, like that of the surrounding areas, relies heavily in the production of tequila beverage. Its agriculture is dominated by the cultivation of the agave plant, which is used to produce the tequila. The climate in Amatitán is hot and dry which suits the agave plant well. There is usually one rainy period during the year that lasts from June through September, when most of the residents grow their other dominant crop, corn, which requires significantly more water. There is virtually no artificial irrigation in the area and most farmers still depend on rainwater for the irrigation of their fields. Some residents also raise cattle and other livestock, mainly for regional consumption. The lifestyle of its inhabitants is mostly of a rural nature and the residents are mostly Catholic. Some commute daily or weekly to Guadalajara for employment. The area is also a source of immigrants to the United States, most of whom settle in California.

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal president Term Political party Notes
Juan Cardona[2] 1910–1911
Maximiano Hernández 1912–1913
Florentino Orozco 1914
Fermín Hernández 1915–1916
Ismael Cruz 1917
Jesús Martínez 1918
Fermín Hernández 1919
Refugio Mendoza 1919
Domingo Ontiveros 1920
Ismael Cruz 1920
Juan Cardona 1921
Salvador Ontiveros 1921
Bartolo Cortez 1922–1923
Mauricio Meléndrez 1924–1929
Juan Cardona 1930 PNR
Bartolo Cortez 1931 PNR
Emilio Hernández 1932 PNR
Juan Cardona 1933–1934 PNR
Mauricio Meléndrez 1935 PNR
Nicasio C. Rosales 1936 PNR
Alberto Meléndrez 1937 PNR
Silverio Franco 1938 PRM
Pascual Villegas 1939 PRM
Nicasio C. Rosales 1940 PRM
Vicente Real 1941–1942 PRM
Rosendo Ramos 1943–1944 PRM
Ignacio Flores 1945–1946 PRM
Emilio Hernández Curiel 1947–1948 PRI
Sebastián Rivera 1949–1951 PRI
Bartolo Cortez 1952 PRI
Florentino Orozco Camarena 1953 PRI Acting municipal president
José Rivera Ocampo 1954 PRI
Florentino Orozco C. 1955 PRI
Emilio Hernández O. 1956–1957 PRI
Martín Ortega Calderón 1958 PRI Acting municipal president
L. Ramiro Cortez M. 01-01-1959–31-12-1961 PRI
Salvador Rivera Lizardi 01-01-1962–31-12-1964 PRI
Alfredo Rivera Lizardi 01-01-1965–31-12-1967 PRI
L. Ramiro Cortez Martínez 01-01-1968–31-12-1970 PRI
Salvador Rivera Lizardi 01-01-1971–31-12-1973 PRI
Manuel Delgado Hernández 01-01-1974–31-12-1976 PRI
Ma. Guadalupe Guapo Rivera 01-01-1977–31-12-1979 PRI
David Calderón Zepeda 01-01-1980–31-12-1982 PRI
Rosendo Ramos Ontiveros[3] 01-01-1983–31-12-1985 PRI
Manuel Delgado Hernández 01-01-1986–31-12-1988 PRI
Salvador Rivera Cardona[4] 01-01-1989–1992 PRI
Zenón Vargas Gutiérrez[5] 1992–1995 PRI
Benjamín Aldana González[6] 1995–1997 PRI
Raúl Andrés Ontiveros Bahnsen[7] 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 PRI
Benjamín Aldana González[8] 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 PRI
Joel Rodríguez Saldívar[9] 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 PAN
Rubén Núñez Yera[10][11] 01-01-2007–31-12-2009 PRI
Eutimio Pérez Ocampo[12] 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 PRI
Panal
Coalition "Alliance for Jalisco"
Jaime Villalobos Rivera[13] 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 PRI
PVEM
Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco"
David Calderón González[14] 01-10-2015–30-09-2018 PAN
PRD
Gildardo Partida Meléndrez[15] 01-10-2018–30-09-2021 Panal
Josué Saúl Pérez Ocampo[16] 01-10-2021– Morena

References

  1. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Jalisco. Amatitán" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. "Listado de presidentes municipales electos, Jalisco" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 January 2022.

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