Xalisco

Xalisco was the centre of a lordship near the valley of Matatipac in western Mexico. The surrounding country preserves evidence of earlier inhabitants, including shaft tombs and carved rocks. In 1530 the expedition of Nuño de Guzmán reached the area after crossing the Santiago country. Its inhabitants resisted the invaders, but the town was taken and burned as the Spanish pushed toward the Pacific coast.

The later city of Tepic lies here.