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Mascota

Field	Value
name	Mascota, Jalisco
settlement_type	Municipality and town
native_name
image_skyline	2631931.jpg
image_caption	Image of Mascota, Jalisco.
image_shield	Escudo_de_el_Municipio_de_Mascota_Jalisco.gif
image_map	File:Mascota.png
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pushpin_label_position	above
pushpin_mapsize	300
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Mexico
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Mexico
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Jalisco
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Dra. Sarah Castillon Ochoa
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Km
area_total_km2	1843
area_land_km2
area_blank1_title	Town
area_blank1_km2	3.36
population_as_of	2020 census
population_footnotes
population_total	14451
population_density_km2	auto
population_blank1_title	Town
population_blank1	9272
population_density_blank1_km2	auto
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	1,268
postal_code_type	Postal Code
postal_code	46900
area_code	388
website	http://www.mascota.jalisco.gob.mx/index.html

**Mascota **is a town and municipality in Jalisco, in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 1,843 km2. The name Mascota comes from the root "Amaxacotlán", which means "place of deer and colubrids".

The municipality has smaller villages such as Tecuani and La Plata, both a couple miles away. Mascota is surrounded by roads and pine-covered mountains and is a usual stop on the road to Talpa De Allende or Puerto Vallarta.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,045.

History

In prehispanic times, Mascota was the head of a cacicazgo, which ruled over the populations of Talpa, El Tuito and Chacala. In 1525, the Spanish explorer Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura arrived to Mascota, who was commanded by Hernán Cortés to conquer the provinces north of Colima, which was subsequently renamed to "Valle de Banderas". 10 years after, in 1535, a rebellion of indigenous people was held in Mascota, along with other villages nearby.

After the time of the Mexican Independence, in 1824, the Department of Mascota was created and the town of Mascota was declared Villa de Mascota. On 10 April 1885, Villa de Mascota received the title of city.

In 2015, the city of Mascota was declared a "Pueblo Mágico".

Geography

Climate

| Jan record high C = 35 | Feb record high C = 37 | Mar record high C = 41 | Apr record high C = 43 | May record high C = 42 | Jun record high C = 41.5 | Jul record high C = 40 | Aug record high C = 40 | Sep record high C = 41 | Oct record high C = 38 | Nov record high C = 36 | Dec record high C = 37 | Jan record low C = -3 | Feb record low C = -1.5 | Mar record low C = -0.5 | Apr record low C = 1 | May record low C = 5 | Jun record low C = 5.5 | Jul record low C = 1 | Aug record low C = 9 | Sep record low C = 9 | Oct record low C = 4 | Nov record low C = 3 | Dec record low C = -2.5 |access-date = 5 January 2025 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250105234511/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/jal/nor9120_14096.txt |archive-date = 5 January 2025}}{{cite web |access-date = 5 January 2025 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20250105234538/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/jal/medex14096.txt |archive-date = 5 January 2025}}

References

[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/admin/jalisco/14058__mascota/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Mascota municipality with localities
"Jalisco - Mascota".
"Mascota". [[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]].
Turismo, Secretaría de. "Mascota, Jalisco".

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