Atengo | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
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 |
Area Total Km2: | 440.6 |
Area Blank1 Title: | Town |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 2.37 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Total: | 5599 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Town |
Population Blank1: | 1639 |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 20.2167°N -109°W |
Atengo is both a small town and a municipality of the region Sierra de Amula in the Mexican state Jalisco.
The municipality covers an area of 440.6 km² and is 1,417 m above sea level. As of the year 2005, the municipality had a total population of 4,918.[2] The name “Atengo” in the Nahuatl language can be translated to: “at the edge of the water”, and may also be interpreted as either: “place situated at the border of the river” or “at the bank”, additionally; Atengo was once inhabited by an indigenous Toltec people who worshiped an idol which they referred to as “Pupuca”. The following is a list of cities, towns, villages, and/or hamlets located in the municipality of Atengo: Agostadero, Atengo, Confradia de Lepe, Confradia de Pimienta, Crucero, El Macuchi, El Ojo de Agua, El Quemado, El Salitre Grande, El Salitre de Sedano, Huaxtla, La Chale, Las Juntas, Los Arribeños, San Pedro la Chale, San Rafael, Soyatlán del Oro, Tacota, Telexeca, Trigo de Alteñas, and La Yerbabuena.