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unusual facts about Guadalajara, Jalisco



1942–43 Copa Mexico

The clubs Guadalajara and Atlas as well ADO (Asociación Deportiva Orizabeña) and Veracruz joined the league, so, the Cup Tournament of 1942-43 season was the first one in the Professional Era.

Aero Cuahonte

Aero Cuahonte was a commuter airline based in Uruapan, Mexico, operating scheduled and chartered passenger flights out of Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport in Guadalajara.

Antonio Mohamed

His climax was in Toros Neza when they had made it to the final against Guadalajara in the Verano '97 season alongside other famous players at the time such as Nildeson, Rodrigo Ruiz, and Germán Arangio.

Arco Norte

Plans are for the Arco Norte to be extended at its western end from the junction with the Mexico-Querétaro toll road to Atlacomulco and the junction with Mexican Federal Highway 126, a route to Guadalajara.

Ari Wallach

Ari was born in Guadalajara, Mexico where his father, a Polish Holocaust survivor and member of the Jewish underground in World War II, established a successful industrial infrastructure business after an 11 year stint in Cuba pre and post-revolution.

Azuqueca de Henares

There is no university in Azuqueca but in several cities close: Alcalá de Henares and Guadalajara and Madrid.

Ceramics of Jalisco

The Tonalá tradition became known as “Tonalá ware” “Polished ornamental ware” or “Guadalajara polychrome.” A number of these pieces were exported Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, mostly to Spain but examples reached Italy and other areas.

To help Jalisco potters stay competitive, the Museo Regional de la Cerámica has added a design center to help train local artisans in new designs and techniques.

Chapala

The most famous mariachi in Mexico is Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, founded in the late 19th century in the southern Jalisco city of Tecalitlán, Jalisco, but now based in Mexico City.

Cristián Escalante

In September 2011, Escalante was named the flag bearer for the Chilean team at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Culture of Guadalajara

Among others who took Guadalajara as their home are architects Alexander Zohn, David Rockwell and Mathias Goeritz and painters such as José Fors, Felix Bernardelli, Lucía Maya, Lewis Kant and José Clemente Orozco.

David G. Sorensen

Over the years he has also frequently worked and exhibited in Mexico and is currently represented by Ramon Quiroga in Mexico City, Galeria Vertice and Haus der Kunst in Guadalajara.

Debinha

After representing Brazil in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Debinha made her senior debut at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara.

Dos Lunas Tequila

Dos Lunas Tequila is made from 100% Weber blue agave which is grown near Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, in the tequila producing region of Mexico.

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

Fact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena (Bauer) who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government.

Edward Dugmore

In 1951 he moved to Guadalajara, Mexico to study at the University of Guadalajara, where he received his M.F.A. He moved to New York City in 1952 and began exhibiting along with other Abstract Expressionist artists at the Stable Gallery, where he subsequently had three solo exhibitions.

Efren Herrera

At age 15, his family moved to the United States from Guadalajara, Mexico.

Eucharistic Congress

The Congress ended with a celebration of the Mass in the Jalisco Stadium in Guadalajara, with a live link up between that Mass, and a simultaneous Mass celebrated in St Peter's Basilica in Rome in the presence of Pope John Paul II.

Fidencio Castillo

He was born in Etzatlán, Jalisco to Trinidad Castillo and Raymunda Santiago shortly before the Mexican Revolution.

Frank Bagnack

He made his Second Division debut for FC Barcelona B on 8 September 2012 in a game against Guadalajara when he came on as a substitute in the 75th minute for Kiko Femenía.

Gabriel Flores

Gabriel Flores García was born on February 8, 1930, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, although some sources mention El Arenal.

Grupo Continental

In 1978 in the city of Ameca, Jalisco, Embotelladora Ameca, S.A. de C.V. starts operations.

Guadalajara railway station

Guadalajara railway station (Spanish: Estación de Guadalajara) is a railway station in Guadalajara, Spain.

James B. Aguayo-Martel

James Benjamin Martel (born October 15, 1955, in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a physician, surgeon and scientist.

Jorge Wilmot

Exhibitions have been held in Mexico City, for San Agustín Etla in Oaxaca, Guadalajara and Monterrey, sponsored by MAP and other entities.

Juan Rulfo

He married Clara Angelina Aparicio Reyes (Mexico City, August 12, 1928) in Guadalajara, Jalisco, on April 24, 1948; they had four children, Claudia Berenice (Mexico City, January 29, 1949), Juan Francisco (Guadalajara, Jalisco, December 13, 1950), Juan Pablo (México City, April 18, 1955) and Juan Carlos Rulfo (México City, January 24, 1964).

Juan Sandoval Íñiguez

Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (born 28 March 1933 in Yahualica de González Gallo, Jalisco, Mexico) is a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata

In the era of psychedelic rock and under the influence of American hippies of the late 1960s, a young band from Guadalajara headed by Javier Martin del Campo, formed with the intention of interpreting contemporary popular songs of the era in their own style.

Leandro Cufré

On 7 December 2011, same day he officially terminated his contract with Dinamo Zagreb, it was revealed that Cufré will be joining Mexican Club Atlas from Guadalajara.

Los Soneritos

They have toured various states in Mexico such as Veracruz, Querétaro, Zacatecas and Jalisco as well as the United States on a tour during April 2011 at Denver, Colorado.

Luis Barragán

In 1947 he built his own house and studio in Tacubaya and in 1955 he rebuilt the Convento de las Capuchinas Sacramentarias in Tlalpan, Mexico City, and the plan for Jardines del Bosque in Guadalajara.

Luis Barragán House and Studio

During his career, he developed projects in Mexico City, Manzanillo, Guadalajara, Acapulco, La Jolla, CA but his best known work is that on Ciudad Satélite.

Lusones

The Lusones' lands were located in the Aragonese region along the middle Ebro, on the Moncayo range (Latin: Mons Chaunus) between the Queiles and Huecha rivers, occupying the western Zaragoza and most of Soria, stretching to the northeastern fringe of nearby Guadalajara and southern Navarre provinces.

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Hector Robles Peiro, PhD, Councilmen of the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico; for the period beginning on 1 January 2007 until his term ends in January 2010.

Manuel Lepe Macedo

Manuel Lepe Macedo (April 17, 1936 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco – September 9, 1984 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) Manuel Lepe was a Mexican artist who painted in a Naïve style, painting mostly themes based on the landscape and townscape of his native Puerto Vallarta.

Model M keyboard

These keyboards were produced by IBM in their plants in Lexington, Greenock and Guadalajara.

Palacio de Ocomo

Palacio de Ocomo, known in English as the Ocomo Palace, is an archaeological zone located in Oconahua, Jalisco, Mexico, constructed between the year is 700 and the 1100 AD, and reconstructed several times even up to the time of the Spanish Conquest, when it was abandoned.

Pluteus nevadensis

Pluteus nevadensis is known only from subtropical and pine forests in the states of Guerrero and Jalisco, Mexico, where it grows on the rotting wood of pine and oak.

Rafael Zamarripa

When his group returned to Guadalajara, the director realized Zamarripa's potential as a producer and a director, equating his staging abilities with those of Amalia Hernández.

Ramón Muñoz Gutiérrez

Ramón Muñóz Gutiérrez (born 1960 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican right-wing politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN) who currently serves in the upper house of the Mexican Congress.

Rodel Mayol

He fought Omar Nino Romero on February 27, 2010, for his first defense of the WBC light flyweight title at the Coliseo Olimpico de la UG in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Ryan Rhodes

Rhodes lost his WBC light middleweight challenge bout against Saúl Álvarez with a technical knockout in the twelfth round on 18 June 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Salvador Plascencia

Salvador Plascencia is an American writer, born 1976 in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Telepizza

The company had factories in Guadalajara, Barcelona, Móstoles, Alcobendas, but were later sold and all the production is made at a factory in Daganzo de Arriba, Madrid.

Tequila Express

The Tequila Express (or Tequila Train) is a Mexican regional train service that operates from Guadalajara, Jalisco, to the Tequila Herradura distillery at the San José del Refugio Hacienda in the municipality of Amatitán, Jalisco.

ToniCol

It is most popular in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, especially in the city of Mazatlán, though it can be found typically in the western states, such as Jalisco.

West of the Pesos

After realizing that he is on vacation in Guadalajara, another mouse comments that Speedy "would come all the way from Guadalajara to visit my seester Carmella."

William Reaside

Reaside coached a number of teams in South America, including Nacional of Uruguay, Newell's Old Boys of Argentina, and Asturias and Guadalajara of Mexico.

Yélamos

Yélamos de Abajo, municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Zapotlán

Zapotlán del Rey: city and municipality in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.


see also

Bert Batawang

On December 15, 2007, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Batawang failed in his bid for the IBF crown, losing to Solís by technical knockout (TKO) in the ninth round of the bout.

Jacqueline Bracamontes

Jacqueline Bracamontes born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico to Jesus Bracamontes, the former coach of the popular Mexican soccer team Chivas Rayadas del Guadalajara, and Jacqueline van Hoorde, a Mexican of Belgian descent.

Los Capos Junior

The two first bega working together in Guadalajara, Jalisco where they had both previous worked under other identities.

Pepe Guízar

José Guízar Morfín, better known as "Pepe Guízar", born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (February 12, 1912 - 27 September 1980), was a Mexican composer, poet and musician.

Preparatoria Jalisco

In 1720 Pope Clement XI confirmed the creation of an oratorium dictated to Saint Phillip Neri in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, which at the time was part of New Spain and capital of the Nueva Galicia Kingdom.

Sangrita

A popular recipe in Guadalajara (Jalisco's largest city) was said to have originated from the leftover juices (mainly orange) of an equally popular regional fruit salad covered with fine chilli powder, usually piquin.

Tito Antuñano

Adolfo "Tito" Antuñano Morán (Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico September 27, 1948 - León, Guanajuato, Mexico January 8, 1987) was a former World Championship water skier.

Ulises Dávila

Ulises Alejandro Dávila Plascencia (born 13 April 1991 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican footballer who currently plays for Liga Adelante club Córdoba CF as an attacking midfielder.