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 grasshopper or "chapulin" is a popular icon for the town.
Teocaltiche is one of the oldest settlements with Hispanic influence from the time of the Spanish conquest. The "Hospital de los Indios" (or alternatively "la Capilla") is a chapel in the city centre and the oldest standing building of Teocaltiche, built around 1546 by the Spanish conquistadors. The territory was conquered by Cristóbal de Oñate and Manuel de Ibarra in March 1530 on the order of Nuño de Guzmán.
Economy Main manufacture of the region is agricultural products and livestock. The farmers raise horses, cows, sheep, pigs, poultry, and goats. Agriculture includes the production of onions, corn, oats, beans, and alfalfa. There are also many artisans that sell hand-crafted goods, such as woven serapes and chess sets.
Notable people Ángel Alonzo, footballer José Guadalupe Cruz, comics writer and screenwriter Mario Díaz Pérez, Mexican football manager and former football player
Government Municipal presidents Municipal presidentTermPolitical partyNotesHernando Martel1550Senior mayorTiburcio Muñoz Mejía1928–1929Zacarías Organista Orodoría1930–1931PNRFiliberto Mejía Villalobos1932–1933PNRÁngel Acero Saucedo1934–1935PNRAntonio Oropeza Gómez1936PNRMariano Álvarez Villalobos1937PNRAntonio Chávez Álvarez1938–1939PRMJ. Jesús Ramírez Silva1940–1941PRMJ. Rosalío Becerra González1942–1943PRMVíctor Pérez Jiménez1944–1946PRMFiliberto Mejía Villalobos1947–1948PRIPablo A. Ramírez1949–1952PRIEusebio Jáuregui Mercado01-01-1953–31-12-1955PRIBenjamín Sánchez Morán01-01-1956–31-12-1958PRIJosé Lenin Oropeza Marina01-01-1959–31-12-1961PRIAtanacio Martínez Villalpando01-01-1962–31-12-1964PRIEladio Jáuregui Mora01-01-1965–1966PRIErnesto Ríos González1966–31-12-1967PRIActing municipal presidentRafael Pérez Aguirre01-01-1968–31-12-1970PRIArturo Padilla Padilla01-01-1971–31-12-1973PRIJ. Concepción Hernández Martín01-01-1974–31-12-1976PRISalvador Alba Romo01-01-1977–31-12-1979PRIN/A01-01-1980–31-12-1982Benjamín Ruiz Aguayo 01-01-1983–31-12-1985PRIRigoberto Ramírez Cornejo01-01-1986–31-12-1988PRIAlfredo Berard Ávila01-01-1989–1992PRIRamón Vidaurri Jáuregui1992–1995PRIRafael Pérez Villegas 1995–1997PANRoberto López Delgado Flores 01-01-1998–31-12-2000PRIJuan Manuel López Delgado01-01-2001–31-12-2003PRIEmma Muñoz Covarrubias01-01-2004–31-12-2006PRIAntonio Díaz González 01-01-2007–31-12-2009PRI José Luis Martínez Velázquez01-01-2010–30-09-2012PAN Juan Manuel González Jiménez 01-10-2012–30-09-2015PRI PVEMCoalition "Compromise for Jalisco"Abel Hernández Márquez01-10-2015–22-03-2018PAN Applied for a temporary leave to run for reelection, which he gotDaniel Avelar Álvarez22-03-2018–2018PANActing municipal presidentAbel Hernández Márquez2018–2021PAN PRD MC Was reelected on 01-07-2018. Applied for a leave to run backed by the PAN political party towards the local deputation for district 3 of Jalisco, which he obtained in the election of 06-06-2021Pablo Alejandro Olmos Martínez24-02-2021–18-05-2021MCActing municipal president Carolina Reyes Chávez2021–30-09-2021PAN PRD MCActing municipal presidentJuan Manuel Vallejo Pedroza01-10-2021–Morena
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External links Government site