Sayula

Sayula is a small colonial town in a mountainous region of southwestern Mexico in the state of . The town is known as the birthplace of Juan Rulfo, one of Mexico's most prominent literary figures. It is one of Mexico's designated .
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  • Type: Town with 26,800 residents
  • Description: city of Jalisco State, Mexico
  • Also known as: Sayula, Jalisco

Sayula

Latitude
19.8821° or 19° 52′ 56″ north
Longitude
-103.5989° or 103° 35′ 56″ west
Population
26,800
Elevation
1,351 metres (4,432 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MX 9SY
Open location code
75FRVCJ2+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2922672065
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3983216
Wiki­data ID
Q20248948
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Sayula” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Sayula
  • Cebuano: Sayula (kapital sa munisipyo)
  • Cebuano: Sayula
  • Dutch: Sayula
  • German: Sayula
  • Russian: Саюла
  • Serbian: Општина Сајула
  • Serbian: Сајула
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sayula, Jalisco
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sayula
  • Slovenian: Sayula
  • Spanish: Sayula
  • Swedish: Sayula, Jalisco
  • Swedish: Sayula
  • Turkish: Sayula
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sayula”. Photo: José González Peña, CC BY-SA 4.0.