Betania is a town in

Ayotlán Municipality Ayotlán is a municipality and town in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 430.9 km. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 35,150. Etymology Ayotlán comes from "Ayotl" (its former name) a ...

, in

Jalisco Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...

in central-western

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The population was 2,690 according to the 2020 census. The 2005 census had recorded a population of 2,849 inhabitants.

Place Names

The city is named after the Palestinian city of

Bethany Bethany (,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac language, Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā''), locally called in Palestinian Arabic, Arabic Al-Eizariya or al-Aizariya (, "Arabic nouns and adjectives#Nisba,

lace Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand. Generally, lace is split into two main categories, needlelace and bobbin lace, although there are other types of lace, such as knitted o ...

of Lazarus (name), L ...

now known as

al-Eizariya Bethany (,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā''), locally called in Arabic Al-Eizariya or al-Aizariya (, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of Palestine, bordering ...

, with the name originating from the Aramaic and Hebrew word Beth anya (בית עניא), meaning "house of the figs"; the literal translation of the Spanish name Betania.

References

Populated places in Jalisco {{Jalisco-geo-stub