Mezcal, sometimes spelled mescal, is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from any type of agave. The word mezcal comes from Nahuatl mexcalli, which means "oven-cooked agave", from metl and ixcalli. Traditionally the word "mezcal" has been used generally in Mexico for all agave spirits and it continues to be used for many agave spirits whether these spirits have been legally certified as "mezcal" or not.
Santiago de Tequila is a Mexican town and municipality located in the state of Jalisco about 60 km from the city of Guadalajara. Tequila is best known as being the birthplace of the drink that bears its name, "tequila," which is made from the blue agave plant, native to this area. The heart of the plant contains natural sugars and was traditionally used to make a fermented drink. After the Spanish arrived, they took this fermented beverage and distilled it, producing the tequila known today. The popularity of the drink and the history behind it has made the town and the area surrounding it a World Heritage Site. It was also named a "Pueblo Mágico" in 2003 by the Mexican federal government.
Lagos de Moreno is a city and municipality in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Lagos is located in the region of Los Altos de Jalisco, within the macroregion of the Bajío, one of the most highly developed areas in Latin America. Lagos de Moreno is occasionally known as the "Athens of Jalisco", owing to the numerous writers and poets who were born there.
Atemajac de Brizuela is a municipality and small town in the southeast sierra of Jalisco, Mexico, 64 km southwest of Guadalajara, between Highways 80 and 401. The municipality had a population of 6,367 in 2014.
Atoyac Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The administrative centre for the municipality is located in the town of Atoyac, Jalisco.
Tecalitlán is a town and municipality in the central Pacific coastal state of Jalisco, Mexico. Located just south of Ciudad Guzmán, the population of the municipality was 16,705 as of 2020.
Chiquilistlán is a small town in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the Sierra Tapalpa mountains, at the foot of a hill called Chiquilichi, some 75 kilometres to the south-west of state capital Guadalajara.
Arandas is a municipality of the Altos Sur region of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. Arandas is also the name of the municipality's main township and the center of the municipal government. The city centre is located approximately 86 miles (138 km) east of Guadalajara, the state capital. Arandas is accessible to residents of Guadalajara by the Mexican Federal Highway 80D and Jalisco State Highway 314.
Amatitán is the seat of a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco, and is home to one of the world's largest tequila distilleries.
Barranca de Otates or Barranca de los Otates is a pueblo in Mexico. Its municipality is Zacoalco de Torres in Jalisco. The population was 1,001 according to the 2020 census.
Benito Juárez is a municipality located on the edge of the Canyon of Tlaltenango in the southern extreme of the Mexican state of Zacatecas. The municipal seat is the town of Florencia.
Zapotlanejo is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Zapotlán el Grande is a municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Tuxpan is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The name "Tuxpan" comes from the Nahuatl word tochpan, a word used to describe where rabbits live or possibly place of abundant rabbits. Some others translate it as a location above the river.
El Arenal is a town and municipality in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. El Arenal is known as the gateway to the so-called "blue agave" region in the Jaliscan Highlands. The municipality has an area of approximately 111.8 square kilometres (43.2 sq mi).
Huejúcar is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 309.2 km2.
Barranca de los Laureles is a town near the Municipal Seat of Zacoalco de Torres in State of Jalisco, Mexico. The town also has a Plaza were the residents use it to celebrate parties. The streets of La Barranca de los Laureles are paved with rocks. The population was 330 according to the 2020 census.
Los Mazos is a town situated in Tuxpan Municipality, Jalisco, Mexico. The population was 132 according to the 2020 census. Los Mazos sits at a height of 1,780 meters. Located on the skirts of a couple of volcanoes, an inactive one called El Nevado de Colima and an active one called the Volcan de Colima, also known as the Volcan de Fuego or "fire volcano". It is located near the city of Tuxpan and is located within its municipality. The town of Los Mazos once belonged to a bigger hacienda and shares a common water system and storage pools called "tanques" with Las Canoas, another few tanques are located throughout the region. The tanques are constructed with cement and stone, and coated in a mixture of cement and ox blood giving them a dark ocher look, these tanques were used to store potable, cattle and plant water.
Monte Escobedo is a municipality and town located in the southwestern area of the Mexican state of Zacatecas. With a total population of 8683 people.
Tequila is a train station located in Tequila, Jalisco. The station is surrounded by agaves and is currently only served by the Tequila Express tourist train.
