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.
The town received some notice in July 2008 in the nationally syndicated American comic strip Gil Thorp as the place to which Milford High baseball player—an undocumented immigrant—Elmer Vargas is deported.
History The region was inhabited by Otomi, head Indians. The spiritual conquest was mainly carried out by the Franciscan Juna de Padilla. The town was first in the place called Jaconoxtle and in the first half of the eighteenth century settled on the current site. With the conquest, Atemajac was nestled among the towns of the so-called Province of Ávalos and subsequently the provinces attached to Nueva Galicia were left.
On November 22, 1824, by Art. 9 (which adds the articles of the State Provisional Division Plan) it was decreed: The towns of Atemajac and Juanacatlán will be added to the department of Zacoalco. It belonged to the fourth canton of Sayula and third department of Zacoalco.
On April 25, 1903, by decree 997, the State Congress issued a decree that says: The population of Atemajac de las Tablas, from the 4th Canton of the state, will be referred to as Atemajac de Brizuela. Such designation was in honor of Colonel Miguel Brizuela. Atemajac de Brizuela exists as a municipality since 1884, by decree of April 4 called before Atemajac de las Tablas.
Geography Location Atemajac de Brizuela is located south of the state at coordinates 20º05'00 "at 20º16'30" north latitude, and 103º35'00 "at 103º57'20" west longitude, at a height of 2,250 meters above the level from sea.
The municipality of Atemajac de Brizuela borders to the north with the municipalities of Cocula, Villa Corona, Zacoalco de Torres; to the east with the municipalities of Zacoalco de Torres, Techaluta de Montenegro; to the south with the municipalities of Techaluta de Montenegro, Tapalpa and Chiquilistlán; to the west with the municipalities of Chiquilistlán, Tecolotlán and Cocula.
Topography The rugged areas (53%) predominate with heights ranging from 2,250 to 2,600 meters above sea level in some of the foothills of the Sierra de Tapalpa. There are also flat areas (30%) with heights of 2,200 to 2,250 meters above sea level and semi-flat areas (17%).
Terrain
The territory is made up of land belonging to the tertiary period. The composition of the soils is of predominant types Feozem Háplico, Cambisol Chromic and Andosol Mólica. The municipality has a territorial area of 19,157 ha, of which 5,229 are used for agricultural purposes, 3,394 in livestock, 10,361 are for forest use and 173 hectares are urban land. As far as the property is concerned, an extension of 10,604 hectares is private and another of 8,553 hectares is ejidal; There is no communal property.
Hydrography
The hydrological resources available to the municipality are: the Carrizal River; the streams: Agua Prieta, San Juan and El Salto; there are also several springs.
Climate The climate is semi-dry, with dry winter, and mild, with mild winter. The average annual temperature is 19 °C, with a maximum of 26 °C and a minimum of 0 °C. The rainfall regime is recorded in the months of June and July, with an average rainfall of 814.5 millimeters. The annual average of days with frosts is 39. The prevailing winds are in the northwest direction.
Government Municipal presidents Municipal president Term Political party NotesRamón Montes 1931–1932 Francisco Dávila Castillo1933–1934PNR Pedro Guadalupe1935–1936PNR Ramón Espinoza1937–1939PNR Cecilio Vázquez1939–1940PRM Crescenciano Cuevas1941–1942PRM Octaviano Castillo R.1943–1944PRM Manuel León Velasco1945–1946PRM José González Aguilar1947–1948PRI Macario Tejeda Castillo1948–1952PRI Manuel Reynoso León 1953–1955PRI Manuel León Velasco 1956–1958PRI J. Carlos Vázquez Tejeda1959–1961PRI Francisco Sigala Nodal1962–1964PRI Fidel Mendoza González 1965–1967PRI Manuel Vázquez Tejeda 1968–1970PRI Javier Dávila de la Torre 1971–1973PRI Vicente Castro Dávila 1974–1976PRI Rubén Dávila Sigala1977-1979PRI Francisco Sigala Nodal 1980–1982PRI Blanca Isaura Vázquez Morones 1983–1985PRI Elías Dávila Tejeda 1986–1988PRI Martín Reynoso Dávila1989–1991PRI Martiniano León León1992–1995PRI José Ramírez Dávila Vázquez1995–1998PRI José Mendoza Echeverría01-01-1998–31-12-2000PAN Manuel Francisco Reynoso Dávila01-01-2001–31-12-2003PRI Esther León Dávila 01-01-2004–31-12-2006PAN Mirella Rafaela León Castro01-01-2007–31-12-2009PRI Amado Leal de la Cruz01-01-2010–30-09-2012PRI Panal Coalition "Alliance for Jalisco"Belén Córdova Dávila01-10-2012–30-09-2015PRI PVEM Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco"María Felícitas Aguilar Ibarra01-10-2015–30-09-2018PAN J. Jesús Monroy Moreno01-10-2018–30-09-2021Panal Santiago León Castro01-10-2021–PAN
References
External links Entry in the Columbia Gazetteer of North America, 2000 at Bartleby.com