Tuxcacuesco | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Jalisco |
Area Total Km2: | 430 |
Area Blank1 Title: | Town |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 0.88 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 5482 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | town |
Population Blank1: | 1674 |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 19.6986°N -103.9847°W |
Tuxcacuesco is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 430 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,770.[2]
Tuxcacuesco is home to "Tuxca Corona", a factory started by the Corona family which produces a 100% pure distilled agave liquor.
Tuxcacuesco was a separate state prior to the Spanish incursion. It was conquered by the Spanish in 1523. During the colonial period it was part of the province of Amula.[3]
Novelist Juan Rulfo was born in the town of Apulco in the northeast part of the municipality in 1917.