Poncitlán
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Poncitlán is a town and municipality
Municipalities of Jalisco
The Mexican state of Jalisco is divided into125 municipalities...

, in Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

 in central-western Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

. The municipality covers an area of 672.31 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 43,817.

Place Names

Poncitlán means "place of cilacayotes", "next to the shore chilares" or "place of God Ponze."
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