The Mascota River is a river running through Jalisco state in western Mexico . Mascota , a small colonial town, lies on the shore of the river. The river is a tributary of Ameca river .
3-571: Mascota This article about a location in the Mexican state of Jalisco is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Mexico is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mascota Mascota is a town and municipality in Jalisco , in central-western Mexico . The municipality covers an area of 1,843 km . The name Mascota comes from
6-534: A cacicazgo , which ruled over the populations of Talpa , El Tuito and Chacala . In 1525, the Spanish explorer Francisco Cortés de San Buenaventura arrived to Mascota, who was commanded by Hernán Cortés to conquer the provinces north of Colima , which was subsequently renamed to "Valle de Banderas". 10 years after, in 1535, a rebellion of indigenous people was held in Mascota, along with other villages nearby. After
9-409: The root "Amaxacotlán", which means "place of deer and colubrids ". The municipality has smaller villages such as Tecuani and La Plata, both a couple miles away. Mascota is surrounded by roads and pine-covered mountains and is a usual stop on the road to Talpa De Allende or Puerto Vallarta. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 14,045. In prehispanic times, Mascota was the head of
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