Jacona de Plancarte

Jacona de Plancarte is a Mexican city, head of the municipality of Jacona in the state of Michoacán de Ocampo. Located in the northwest of the state, on the northern slope of the Sierra de Patambán, which is part of the transversal Volcanic axis, it is located at an altitude of 1,577 meters. It was founded by Fray Sebastián de Trasierra in 1555, although there are buildings and cave paintings that are more than 3,000 years old. Jacona was the symbol of life and death, the symbol of humanity, and was one of the first pre-Hispanic towns entrusted to the Spanish.

Toponymy

Jacona is a word of Purepecha origin that means “place where the gods meet"

Just as the Spanish transformed the spelling of words like México into Mexico, Xalisco into Jalisco, or Xallapan into Jalapa, the word Jacona was originally spelled Xacona. This derives from the original word Xucunan, which in tecuexe meant "place of flowers and vegetables."

Xacona was established in a Chichimeca region (tecuexe), bordering the Purépecha kingdom (the misnamed "Tarascans"). This explains why other neighboring localities have porhepeni names. The main hill in front of Jacona, for example, is called Curutarán.

Curutarán is a Purépecha word, made up of the words: "ku", to get together; "rhu", projection, point; "tarha", to play ball; and "an", gods. It means then: "Point where the gods meet to play ball". This ball game was not an ordinary game, but the 'heavenly ball game'.

Religion

The predominant religion in the municipality of Jacona is Catholic, followed by various minority confessions; Among those that stand out are the IAFCJ (Apostolic Church of Faith in Christ Jesus), Jehovah's Witnesses, Adventists and various churches called "of Jesus Christ"

Culture

Tourism

Jacona has many spas, parks, churches, and the monumental historic center.

Lakes

• Lake Orandino
• Lago de la Estancia
• Lago del Curutarán (Presa La Luz o Presa de Verduzco)
• Lago del disparate(situada enters the beautiful colony view and trasierra)

Parties

The following stand out: February 14, anniversary of the coronation of the Virgen de La Esperanza (1886); February 15, start of the Strawberry Fair; September 8, nativity of La Virgen de La Esperanza, and November 5, anniversary of the foundation of Jacona. Which give rise to thousands and thousands of visitors from many places in the republic since these parties are one of the most popular in Michoacán.

Art

Typical musical expression includes mariachis and wind bands. In the field of plastic arts, the production of wax sculptures made by Mrs. Ángela Gutiérrez Soto is characteristic, who in turn learned from her mother Mrs. Sofía Soto Oseguera, and who in the months of December, January and February elaborates the Birth of the Child God (Bethlehem), with the wax figures that she herself makes.

Demographics

The city of Jacona de Plancarte has a population in 2020 of 61,510 inhabitants according to data from the XIV General Census of Population and Housing of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, making it the 10th most populous city in Michoacán. It greatly accelerated its population from the conurbation in the 1950s with its neighboring city of Zamora de Hidalgo with which they make up the Zamora-Jacona Metropolitan Area, which houses a population of 273,641 inhabitants, making it the 3rd most populous urban nucleus. of the state of Michoacán and the 57th most populous metropolitan area in Mexico.

Graphic of demographic evolution of Jacona de Plancarte between 1900 and 2020

Population of censuses and counts of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) from 1900 to 2020.

Gastronomy

Local gastronomy includes huchepos with chili or cream, barbecue, and pozole. As well as a balanced diet due to the wealth of fruits and vegetables in the area.