- Autlán, Jalisco
Autlán de Navarro is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name in the
Costa Sur region of the southwestern part of the state ofJalisco inMexico . At the Mexican census of 2005, the city had a population of 53,269 inhabitants. The municipality has a surface area of 962.9 km² (371.78 sq mi). The mayor isFrancisco Fernando Guerrero Moreno (2007-2009).The name comes from the
Nahuatl language , Aotli ("water way", "water channel" or "water ditch") and Tlan ("place of" or "near") and means "next to the water ditch".Famous blues musician
Carlos Santana was born in this town in 1947.References
* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_jalisco Jalisco] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de MéxicoExternal links
* [http://www.autlan.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento Constitucional de Autlán de Navarro] Official website
* [http://www.autlan.com/ Autlan.com] Local commercial website
* [http://www.columnistas.com.mx/ Columnistas] Local news website
* [http://www.degrana.com/ deGrana] Autlan's Carnaval specialized site
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