Atoyac

Atoyac Municipality is a municipality inside the Mexican nation of Jalisco . The place of job for the municipality is located in the town of Atoyac, Jalisco. Its name derives from the Nahuatl Atoya-okay , because of this "Place near the river". About 36,000 thousand years ago this region turned into included by means of the waters that fashioned a huge lake. It limits the north with the municipality of Zacoalco de Torres and Teocuitatlán de Corona , the south with Sayula and Gomez Farias ; to the east with Teocuitatlan de Corona and Concepción de Buenos Aires and to the west with Amacueca and Techaluta de Montenegro.

The municipal territory of Atoyac has a floor of 235.81 km². Festivities - Atoyac, as many towns in Mexico, is part of an annual joyful celebration wherein to saint is well known. According to an historical myth, the city of Atoyac suffered a devastating epidemic that killed several citizens. It was now not until the saint changed into introduced down from its submit and around the city that the epidemic allegedly stopped. In birthday celebration of this miracle, the saint is for every 12 months following the equal direction it changed into the primary time.