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Chapala is a town and municipality in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, located on the north shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake.[1]

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  1. 29 relations: A Streetcar Named Desire, Administrative divisions of Mexico, Ajijic, Basketry of Mexico, Central Time Zone, Charro, Citizens' Movement (Mexico), Cocula, Jalisco, Ecologist Green Party of Mexico, Guadalajara, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Jalisco, Lake Chapala, Mariachi, Mexican ceramics, Mexican Federal Highway 44, Mexico, Mexico City, Municipalities of Mexico, Nahuatl, National Action Party (Mexico), Original Friends Dolls, Sombrero, Tecalitlán, Tennessee Williams, Tequila, The Catastrophe of Success, Time in Mexico, Vargas de Tecalitlán.

  2. American diaspora in Mexico
  3. Canadian diaspora in Mexico

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams and first performed on Broadway on December 3, 1947.

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Administrative divisions of Mexico

The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic composed of 32 federal entities: 31 states and Mexico City, an autonomous entity.

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Ajijic

Ajijic is a town about west from the town of Chapala, part of the municipality (also named Chapala), in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Chapala, Jalisco and Ajijic are American diaspora in Mexico and Canadian diaspora in Mexico.

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Basketry of Mexico

Basketry of Mexico has its origins far into the pre Hispanic period, pre-dating ceramics and the domestication of crops.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Charro

Charro, in Mexico, is historically the horseman from the countryside, the Ranchero, who lived and worked in the haciendas and performed all his tasks on horseback, working mainly as vaqueros and caporales, among other jobs.

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Citizens' Movement (Mexico)

Citizens' Movement (Movimiento Ciudadano) is a Mexican centre-left political party.

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Cocula, Jalisco

Cocula (Cocollán "ondulated place") is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Chapala, Jalisco and Cocula, Jalisco are Municipalities of Jalisco.

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Ecologist Green Party of Mexico

The Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (Partido Verde Ecologista de México,, PVEM or PVE) is a green political party in Mexico.

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Guadalajara

Guadalajara is a city in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco.

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Institutional Revolutionary Party

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional,, PRI) is a political party in Mexico that was founded in 1929 and held uninterrupted power in the country for 71 years, from 1929 to 2000, first as the National Revolutionary Party (Partido Nacional Revolucionario, PNR), then as the Party of the Mexican Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Mexicana, PRM) and finally as the PRI beginning in 1946.

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Jalisco

Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco (Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Lake Chapala

Lake Chapala (Lago de Chapala) has been Mexico's largest freshwater lake ever since the desiccation of Lake Texcoco.

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Mariachi

Mariachi is an ensemble of musicians that typically play ranchera, the regional Mexican music dating back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico.

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Mexican ceramics

Ceramics in Mexico date back thousands of years before the Pre-Columbian period, when ceramic arts and pottery crafts developed with the first advanced civilizations and cultures of Mesoamerica.

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Mexican Federal Highway 44

Federal Highway 44 (La Carretera Federal 44) (Fed. 44) is a free (libre) part of the federal highways corridors (los corredores carreteros federales) of Mexico.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mexico City

Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.

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Municipalities of Mexico

Municipalities (municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative divisions of Mexico, where the first-level administrative division is the state (estado).

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Nahuatl

Nahuatl, Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

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National Action Party (Mexico)

The National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional, PAN) is a conservative political party in Mexico founded in 1939.

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Original Friends Dolls

Original Friends Dolls is a project run at the Reclusorio Feminil of Puente Grande prison just outside Guadalajara, Mexico, which aims to provide women at the facility a better means of making money then through the prison programs.

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Sombrero

In English, a paren) is a type of wide-brimmed Mexican men's hat used to shield the face and eyes from the sun. It usually has a high, pointed crown; an extra-wide brim (broad enough to cast a shadow over the head, neck, and shoulders of the wearer) that is slightly upturned at the edge; and a chin strap to hold it in place.

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Tecalitlán

Tecalitlán is a town and municipality in the central Pacific coastal state of Jalisco, Mexico. Chapala, Jalisco and Tecalitlán are Municipalities of Jalisco.

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Tennessee Williams

Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter.

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Tequila

Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area surrounding the city of Tequila northwest of Guadalajara, and in the Jaliscan Highlands (Los Altos de Jalisco) of the central western Mexican state of Jalisco.

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The Catastrophe of Success

"The Catastrophe of Success" is an essay by Tennessee Williams about art and the artist's role in society.

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Time in Mexico

Mexico uses four time zones.

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Vargas de Tecalitlán

Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán is a Mexican folk ensemble of mariachi music founded in 1897 by Gaspar Vargas.

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See also

American diaspora in Mexico

Canadian diaspora in Mexico

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapala,_Jalisco

Also known as Chapala, Mexico.