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El Cobre, Jalisco

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El Cobre
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Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Settledc. 1890
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Agency
Elevation
1,965 m (6,448 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
51
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time)

El Cobre is a rural town in the municipality of San Martín de Hidalgo in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The town is in between the towns of Lagunillas and Mesa del Cobre, in Sierra de Quila, Jalisco's second-largest forest reserve. The population was 51 according to the 2020 census.[1]

The town is topographically settled on top of a mesa with deposits of copper, hence its name of El Cobre, meaning "the copper".

References

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  1. ^ "ITER por localidad, Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020" (in Spanish). Instituto de Información Estadística y Geográfica de Jalisco. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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