Xiriquitzio

Xiriquitzio was a Purépecha name for the settlement that became Irapuato in the Bajío. Spanish speakers rendered it as Jiricuicho or Jiricuato. Local tradition dates the establishment of the colonial congregation of San Marcos to 1547. Parish baptismal records survive from 1633, and the settlement received the title of villa in 1826, after Mexican independence.

The later city of Irapuato lies here.