Cañadas de Obregón is a town and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

, 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. It is located in the Altos Sur Region. The municipality covers an area of 182.09 square miles (271.8 km²). It has always been a small town, which firstly was called Cañadas ("Glens"). In 1929 his name was changed to Villa Obregón (Obregón Village), in honor to Mexican president

Álvaro Obregón Álvaro Obregón Salido (; 19 February 1880 – 17 July 1928) was a Mexican general, inventor and politician who served as the 46th President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón was re-elected to the presidency in 1928 but was assassinated b ...

(assassinated on July 17, 1928, in Mexico City). However, on January 10, 1980, it again changed its name, this time to Cañadas de Obregón, partially recovering its original name. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 3,978. The population of the municipality has decreased due to emigration, generally to the United States. Their main sources of economic income are agriculture and remittances sent by their fellow citizens residing in the United States.

History

Before the

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, this region was included within the dominion of Coinan and its inhabitants were from the

Nahuas The Nahuas ( ) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnicity and one of the Indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. They comprise the largest Indigenous group in Mexico, as well as ...

tribes. The conquest was carried out by Pedro Almíndez Chirino at the beginning of 1530, sent by

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. Chirinos arrived at the place destroying and setting fire to everything in his path. After him,

Cristóbal de Oñate Cristóbal de Oñate (1504 — October 6, 1567) was a Spanish Basque explorer, conquistador and colonial official in New Spain. He is considered the founder of the contemporary city of Guadalajara in 1531, as well as other places in Nueva Gali ...

arrived, and observed a behavior opposite to that of the first, getting the provinces to present obedience to the

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. By decree number 1016 of October 1, 1903, it became a municipality, and by decree number 3577 of March 2, 1929, its name was changed to Villa Obregón in memory of

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leader Álvaro Obregón. Since 1825, it belonged to the Third Canton of La Barca, and since 1872, to the 11th Canton of

Teocaltiche Teocaltiche ( "place near the temple") is a town and municipality in the central-western Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the northeastern highlands region of Jalisco, commonly referred to in Spanish as "Los Altos de Jalisco". The grassh ...

. As of that date, it included the commissaryships of Cañadas, Valle de Guadalupe, Catachimé, Los Yugos, Rancho de Abajo, Laguna de Santa Gertrudis, and El Ejido.

Geography

Location

Cañadas de Obregón is located in the northeast of Jalisco, between coordinates 21º06'40" and 21º13'30" North latitude, and 102º33'40" and 102º45'00" West longitude; at a height of 6,070 feet above sea level (1,850 meters above sea level). The municipality borders to the North with the municipalities of Mexticacán and

Jalostotitlán Jalostotitlán (, ) is a town and municipality located in the northeast corner of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in a region known as Los Altos (Jalisco), Los Altos. The municipality shares its border on the north with the municipality of Teoca ...

; to the East with the municipalities of Jalostotitlán and

Valle de Guadalupe The Valle de Guadalupe (Guadalupe Valley) is an agricultural region in the Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico that produces an estimated 70 percent of Mexican wine. In recent years, it has become a popular tourist destination for wi ...

; to the South with the municipalities of Valle de Guadalupe and

Yahualica de González Gallo Yahualica is a town and municipality in the northeastern part of Jalisco, Mexico. It is one of the 125 municipalities that make up the state of Jalisco. Yahualica covers some 563.3 square kilometers and shares borders with the state of Zacatecas. ...

; to the West with the municipalities of Yahualica de González Gallo and Mexticacán.

Topography

Most of its surface is made up of semi-flat areas (61%), flat areas (34%); the remaining areas (5%) are hilly.

Soil

The territory is made up of lands that belong to the

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. The composition of the soils is predominantly haplic feozem, chromic luvisol and eutric

regosol A Regosol in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) is very weakly developed mineral soil in Soil consolidation, unconsolidated materials. Regosols are extensive in erosion, eroding lands, in particular in arid and semi-arid areas and i ...

. The municipality has a land area of 116,536

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(47,162 hectares), of which 20,608 acres (8,340 hectares) are used for agricultural purposes, 80,608 (32,622) for livestock activities, 5,436 (2,200) are for forestry use, 304 (123) are urban land, and 5201 (2,105) have other uses; the use of the remainder 4,379 (1,772), was not specified. As far as property is concerned, an area of 108,117 (43,755) is private, and another of 4,040 (1,635) is ejidal land; there is no communal property.

Hydrography

The municipality of Cañadas de Obregón belongs to the Lerma-Chapala-Santiago hydrological basin, and also to the Rio Verde-Grande de Belén sub-basin. Its hydrological resources are provided by the following rivers: Verde, La Laja, Jalostotitlán, and San Miguel. There are some brooks: El Salto, La Paleta, El Saltillo, and Salitre. It has hot springs in Temacapulín.

Climate

The climate is semi-dry, with dry Autumn, Winter and Spring, and warm, with no well-defined winter thermal change. The mean annual temperature is , with a maximum of , and a minimum of . The rainfall regime lasts during June and July, with an average rainfall of 55.2 millimeters. The annual average of days with frost is 16.5. The prevailing winds are in the direction of the Southwest.

Flora and fauna

Its flora is mainly composed of

oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

nopal ''Nopal'' (plural ''nopales'') is a common name in Spanish for ''Opuntia'' cacti (commonly referred to in English as prickly pear or tender cactus), as well as for its pads. The name ''nopal'' derives from the Nahuatl word for the pads of t ...

, huisache, palo dulce, and

grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominance (ecology), dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes such as clover, and other Herbaceo ...

. Its fauna is made up of rabbits,

hare Hares and jackrabbits are mammals belonging to the genus ''Lepus''. They are herbivores and live Solitary animal, solitarily or in pairs. They nest in slight depressions called forms, and their young are precociality, able to fend for themselves ...

opossums Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 126 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North A ...

deer A deer (: deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family). Cervidae is divided into subfamilies Cervinae (which includes, among others, muntjac, elk (wapiti), red deer, and fallow deer) ...

, and other minor species.

Economy

45.82% of the inhabitants is dedicated to the

primary sector The primary sector of the economy includes any industry involved in the extraction and production of raw materials, such as farming, logging, fishing, forestry and mining. The primary sector tends to make up a larger portion of the economy in d ...

, 25.33% to

secondary sector In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing. It encompasses industries that produce a finished, usable product or are involved in constructi ...

, 26.74% to

tertiary sector The tertiary sector of the economy, generally known as the service sector, is the third of the three economic sectors in the three-sector model (also known as the economic cycle). The others are the primary sector (raw materials) and the ...

, and the rest is not specified. 29.02% is economically active. The main economic activities are: agriculture, fishing, livestock, commerce and

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

. * Agriculture: corn,

bean A bean is the seed of some plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) used as a vegetable for human consumption or animal feed. The seeds are often preserved through drying (a ''pulse''), but fresh beans are also sold. Dried beans are traditi ...

s and

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are grown. * Livestock: cattle, pigs, and sheep are raised. * Tourism: it has architectural and natural attractions. * Commerce: has restaurants, markets and shops. The sale of basic necessities and mixed shops that sell various items predominate. * Services: technical, communal, personal and maintenance services are provided. * Fishing:

catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order (biology), order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are common name, named for their prominent barbel (anatomy), barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not ...

and

carp The term carp (: carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family (biology), family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia. While carp are prized game fish, quarries and a ...

are fished. * Fish farming:

tilapia Tilapia ( ) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically mos ...

, and frog farms. * Industry: manufacturing and

handicraft A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid material ...

industries stand out.

Infrastructure

* Education 87.07% of the population is

literate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

, of which 32.20% has completed elementary education. The municipality has three

preschool A preschool (sometimes spelled as pre school or pre-school), also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, play school, is an school, educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they ...

schools, 14 primary, 2 secondaries and one preparatory.INEGI
Statistical Yearbook of the State of Jalisco. Edition 2000 * Health Health care is taken care of by the State Secretary of Health and private doctors. The System for the Integral Development of the Family (Desarrollo Integral de la Familia, DIF) is in charge of social welfare. * Sports It has sports centers, where are played: soccer,

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

international fronton One-wall handball, also known as 1-wall, wallball or international fronton, is a wall game (indirect style) where the player hits a small rubber ball with their hand against a wall. The goal of the game is to score more points than the opponent. ...

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

, and

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

. It also has a cultural center, a plaza, a cinema, parks, a 1680

bullring A bullring is an arena where bullfighting is performed. Bullrings are often associated with the Iberian Peninsula, but they can also be found through Iberian America and in a few Spanish and Portuguese ex-colonies in Africa. Bullrings are ...

, gardens and a library. * Housing It has 1,130 homes, which are generally private. 92.21% have electricity service, 73.01% have drainage and drinking water service. Its construction is generally based on brick,

adobe Adobe (from arabic: الطوب Attub ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for mudbrick. In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is use ...

, and concrete. * Services The municipality has drinking water, sewerage, public lighting, markets, flea markets, cemeteries, public cleaning, public safety, parks, gardens and sports centers. 86.9% of the inhabitants have potable water; 72.4% sewerage, and 95.1% electrical energy. * Media and communication channels It has mail service, telegraph, telephone, radiotelephony service. Transportation is carried out through the Guadalajara-San Luis Potosí highway. It has a network of rural roads that connect the localities; transportation is done in public buses, taxis, and family cars.

Demographics

According to the 2010 Population and Housing Census, the municipality has 4,152 inhabitants, of which 2,015 are men and 2,137 are women; 0.65% of the population is

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Religion

99.08% profess the

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religion, there are also believers of

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protestant Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...

s and

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s. 0.51% of the inhabitants claimed not to practice any religion.

Localities

The municipality has a total of 34 localities, of which the main ones and the population they have are the following:

Culture

* Crafts: embroidered articles,

pottery Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form. The place where such wares are made by a ''potter'' is al ...

, and furniture. * Typical costumes:

charro ''Charro'', in Mexico, is historically the horseman from the countryside, the Ranchero, who lived and worked in the haciendas and performed all his tasks on horseback, working mainly as vaqueros and caporales, among other jobs. He was ren ...

costume. * Gastronomy:

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, jocoque and fish cooked on stalks of

maguey Maguey may refer to various American plants: * Genus ''Agave'', especially ** Species ''Agave americana ''Agave americana'', commonly known as the century plant, maguey, or American aloe, is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Asp ...

stand out; of their drinks,

tequila Tequila (; ) is a liquor, distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila, Jalisco, Tequila northwest of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands (''Los Altos (Jal ...

and

mezcal Mezcal (, ), sometimes spelled mescal, is a liquor, distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave. Agaves or magueys are endemic to the Americas and found globally as ornamental plants. The ''Agave'' genus is a member of the Agavoid ...

Sites of interest

Feasts

Candlemas Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian holiday, Christian feast day commemorating the presentation of ...

: from January 24 to February 5. * Virgin of the Light: from May 16 to 18. * Popular festivals: January 23. * Feast of

Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe (), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (), is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with four Marian apparitions to Juan Diego and one to his uncle, Juan Bernardino reported in December 1531, when t ...

, from December 4 to 12. * National holidays, September 15 and 16. * Day of the Dead, November 2. * Festivities in honor of the Christ of Goodness (Summer Festival) from the last Sunday in July to the first Sunday in August.

Notable people

* José Leopoldo González González, first bishop of the Diocese of Nogales,

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Government

The form of government is democratic and depends on Jalisco state government, and federal government. Elections are held every three years, when the municipal president and her/his council are elected.

Municipal presidents

References

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