Jalisco

a state of W Mexico, on the Pacific: crossed by the Sierra Madre; valuable mineral resources. Capital: Guadalajara. Pop.: 6 321 278 (2000). Area: 80 137 sq. km (30 934 sq. miles)

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Jalisco

a state in Mexico, in the southwestern part of the Meseta Central. Area, 80,100 sq km. Population, 4,030,000 (1975). Guadalajara is the capital and chief industrial center of the state.

The most important sector of the economy in Jalisco is agriculture. Approximately one-fourth of Mexico’s harvest of corn and legumes comes from Jalisco, and peanuts and such vegetables as rice are grown on irrigated lands. Industry includes food processing, machine building, timber processing, and the manufacture of chemical products and textiles. There is fishing on Lake Chapala.

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In the Jalisco case, the pending dismissals will almost cut in half the size of the police force in the town of Ayotlan, which has 68 police.

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For years the men had been locked in a battle over ownership of a spring Candelario used to irrigate his small corn plot near the town of Pihuamo in Jalisco.

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During a time of international political uncertainty, great market volatility and mixed economic indicators, the Jalisco region in western Mexico has, for the most part, remained remarkably resilient.

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Tequila may be produced in one of five Mexican provinces: Jalisco, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Nayarit, and Tamaulipas.

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