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Degollado is a Municipality in the eastern highlands of the Mexican State of Jalisco.
[edit] Facts about Degollado, Jalisco
- Most played sport: Futbol
- Mass exportation of cantera: Cantera sculptures, such as fountains, animals, and columns.
- The holy patroness of Degollado is Our Lady of Guadalupe and is celebrated on 12th of December.
- On December 24, 1917, the town was under siege by the bandit leader J. Inés García Chávez and his men.[1]
- This was one of the places in highlands of Jalisco where the Cristero War took place during the 1920s.
- In Spanish, the word "degollado" means "to slit one's throat", "behead", or "decapitate". It is also a last name. In this case, the town was named after a Mexican general, Santos Degollado.[1][dead link] A statue of him is in el jardin de ninos which was made from coins from the townspeople during the early 1960s.
- Degollado is the municipal seat for the Municipality of Degollado. The municipality encompasses other towns, hamlets and rancherias. Among them are Huascato, Los Ranchitos, La Vibora, Buenos Aires, Las Limas, Altamira, La Chancla, El Corral de Piedra, and various others.
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Coordinates: 20°28′N 102°09′W / 20.467, -102.15
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