Villa Purificación is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 1,848 km2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 10,975. It is in the southern coast of Jalisco, southeast of Guadalajara. Costa del Sur de Jalisco, sureste de Guadalajara. The population is about 11,300.
History Villa Purificación has a long history: it was founded by the Spanish on the second of February in 1533, and was the first municipality in Jalisco, founded in 1871 after Mexican independence. Villa Purificación celebrates holidays such as Candlemas, or Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. The area is also known for its crafts such as ceramics and huaraches. Villa Purificación is mostly agricultural, with people growing crops and raising cattle.
Climate According to the Köppen climate classification, Villa Purificación is in the tropical savanna climate, or Aw. It has hot, humid summers, and dry winters.
History In 1532 Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán sent Captain Juan Fernández de Híjar to the province of El Tuito and crowned them to look for a place in order to found a villa. In this virtue, Fernández de Híjar with 25 soldiers marched south and founded on February 2, 1533, the Villa of Purification in the valley of Tecomatlán and also established the first chapel in the now state of Jalisco. Upon the arrival of the Spaniards, Purification belonged to a small province populated by Indians from Saulam, or Sayula, formed by the villages of Tenzitlán, Xirosto, Jew, Pampochin, Amborí, La Silla, Cuxmalán, Carrion and Melahuacan as the headboard. The conquest of this region is due to Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura, in 1525, remaining within the province.
Government Municipal presidents Municipal president Term Political party NotesRosa Ofelia García Pelayo 01-01-1983–31-12-1985PRI Crescencio Michel Michel01-01-1986–31-12-1988PRI Ramón N. Pelayo Pelayo01-01-1989–1992PRI Pedro Díaz Martínez1992–1995PAN Francisco Pelayo García1995–1997PAN Salvador Pelayo García01-01-1998–31-12-2000PRI Saúl Llamas Romero01-01-2001–31-12-2003PRI Iván Manuel García Michel01-01-2004–31-12-2006PAN Carlos Antonio Pelayo García01-01-2007–31-12-2009PRI Results were reverted in favor of the PRI by a higher electoral authority, due to cheating and trickery performed by some members of the National Action Party (PAN, Partido Acción Nacional) at a voting boothMoisés Domínguez Esparza01-01-2010–30-09-2012PAN Valentín Rodríguez Peña01-10-2012–30-09-2015PRI PVEM Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco"Édgar Manuel Medina Reyes01-10-2015–30-09-2018PAN Moisés Brambila Pelayo01-10-2018–05-03-2021MC María Guadalupe Sánchez Zavalza01-10-2021–MC
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