[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/san-sebastian-del-oeste-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/san-sebastian-del-oeste-wikipedia\/","headline":"San Sebasti\u00e1n del Oeste – Wikipedia","name":"San Sebasti\u00e1n del Oeste – Wikipedia","description":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Municipality and city in Jalisco, Mexico Other map showing the location of the Municipality of","datePublished":"2019-12-03","dateModified":"2019-12-03","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e0\/SanSebastianOmapa.png\/310px-SanSebastianOmapa.png","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/e\/e0\/SanSebastianOmapa.png\/310px-SanSebastianOmapa.png","height":"302","width":"310"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/san-sebastian-del-oeste-wikipedia\/","about":["Wiki"],"wordCount":2214,"articleBody":"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMunicipality and city in Jalisco, Mexico  Other map showing the location of the Municipality of San Sebasti\u00e1n del Oeste in Jalisco state.San Sebasti\u00e1n del Oeste (Spanish:\u00a0[san se\u03b2as\u02c8tjan del o\u02c8este] (listen)) is a town and municipality, located on the western part of Jalisco state, Mexico, between 20\u00b039\u201945\u2019\u2019 – 21\u00b002\u201930\u2019\u2019 N and 104\u00b035\u201900\u2019\u2019 – 104\u00b051\u201900\u2019\u2019 W, at a height of 1,480 metres (4,856\u00a0ft).Table of ContentsGeography[edit]History[edit]Population[edit]Features[edit]Government[edit]Municipal presidents[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Geography[edit]The municipality of San Sebasti\u00e1n del Oeste borders the state of Nayarit to the north; to the south, the municipality of Mascota; to the east, the municipalities of Guachinango and Mascota; and to the west, Puerto Vallarta.The city and municipality are served by an airfield.History[edit]San Sebasti\u00e1n was founded as a mining town in 1605, during the early Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain period. Gold, silver and lead were mined in the area. More than 25 mines and a number of foundries were established by 1785.The town was formally established as a city in 1812.Population[edit]At the start of the 21st century, San Sebasti\u00e1n city has a population of less than 1,000 people.It reached a peak population of around 20,000 people by 1900. The prosperity of the city declined after the revolution of 1910.Features[edit]San Sebasti\u00e1n del Oeste is a designated Pueblo M\u00e1gico, one of the towns maintaining their historical character and promoted by the federal government as tourism destinations. It also receives tourists visiting nearby Puerto Vallarta on the coast to the west. Recent road improvements reduced transit time from Puerto Vallarta to under 2 hours.The Church of Saint Sebastian, whose original construction was in 1608, was designed in the Colonial Spanish Baroque style. It has notable architectural details, including Corinthian columns and ceiling vault frescos.Many structures in the city and municipality were built of cut stone and\/or adobe in the 19th and earlier centuries, and remain unchanged. Some old haciendas in the municipality have been purchased and restored in recent decades.The city is on the Tentative ListFiestasThe town is known for its fiestas for religious holidays:January 20 \u2014 a fiesta in honor of Saint Sebastian.August 15 \u2014 a fiesta dedicated to the Virgin of the Asunci\u00f3n.October 7 \u2014 a fiesta for the Virgin of the Rosary.December 12 \u2014  the Virgin of Guadalupe is venerated at the small town of Los Reyes, near San Sebastian del Oeste city in the municipality. The Fiesta of Guadalupe occurs throughout Mexico on this date.Government[edit]Its form of government is democratic and depends on the state and federal government; elections are held every three years, when the municipal president and her\/his council are elected.  The municipal president is Aurora Ponce Pe\u00f1a, from the Citizens’ Movement party, who was elected in the elections on 6 June 2021.Municipal presidents[edit]School building and schoolyard.Michelada bar in the center of town.The Baroque bell tower of the Church of San Sebasti\u00e1n.Baroque interior of the Church of San Sebasti\u00e1n.Ruins of a gold and silver reduction foundry for the local mines.Hacienda Jalisco, in the municipality.Hacienda Jalisco, a grinding stone and hornos (ovens).El Progreso Bridge,  viewed from the south.References[edit]External links[edit]Coordinates: 20\u00b045\u203240\u2033N 104\u00b051\u203208\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff20.76114\u00b0N 104.852273\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 20.76114; -104.852273"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/san-sebastian-del-oeste-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"San Sebasti\u00e1n del Oeste – Wikipedia"}}]}]