Tapalpa

Tapalpa is a municipality and populace of the nation of Jalisco, Mexico. It is placed within the Lagunas Region, approximately 118 kilometers from Guadalajara. Its call comes from otomi and means «Place of Land of Color, its territorial extension is 442.15 km2. According to the II Population and Housing Count, the municipality has 19,506 inhabitants and they're specifically devoted to the primary area. It is considered by means of the Secretariat of Tourism of Mexico as a mystical city for its beauty, warm temperature and natural landscapes. It belonged to the lordship of Tzaollan to Zula, ruled by way of Cuantoma. The cacicazgo of Tlacpacpan had below its tutelage a small city of only a few populations known as Juanacatlan, place of onions.

These cities were inhabited by means of the Otomies, who were subdued via the Aztecs as they surpassed through those lands within the 12th century. Tapalpa participated inside the Guerra Del Salitre, subsequent to Cuantoma, in opposition to the indigenous Colimotes who desired to capture the saltpeter seashores of the Zacoalco chiefdom. They had been defeated in Acatlan and when Cuantoma became about to capitulate, the king of Colima regarded with a massive navy, acquiring the victory.