Nochistlan is a town in Zacatecas, Mexico. Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, on December 3, 1531, hires Juan de Oñate to establish a village in Nochistlán, (now a town in Zacatecas México) the village would be named Guadalajara to honor Guzmán for having been born in Guadalajara.

Guadalajara was founded in Nochistlán on January 5, having as officials Juan de Oñate, Sancho Ortíz de Zuñiga and Miguel Ibarra. They worked at this project for only 16 months and created the first layout of Guadalajara.

The first news that we have regarding the natives of these lands points to the Tecuexes. These people establised settlements around 1000 A.D. Later in the 12th century a new group of people moved in, these people were called Caxcanes and they were from the valley in Tuitlán, which is now found in the municipality of Villa Nueva Zacatecas. The Caxcanes established Nochistlán by driving out the Tecuexes by force.

LOCATION

• Longitude 21°48'03" N
• Latitude 102°45'57" W

Cities in Zacatecas