# Sayula, Jalisco

Sayula is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco, approximately 100 kilometers south of Guadalajara. It is surrounded by smaller towns, such as Usmajac, San Andres, El Reparo, and Amacueca.
Sayula is the birthplace of influential Mexican novelist and short story writer Juan Rulfo. According to the official page of Juan Rulfo, he was born in Apulco, Jalisco, which is close to San Gabriel, Jalisco, and his birth was registered in Sayula, Jalisco. (1917: Nacimiento de Juan Rulfo, el 16 de mayo. Él sostuvo haber venido al mundo en Apulco, localidad cercana a San Gabriel, Jalisco. Es registrado en la ciudad de Sayula, Jalisco.)
Sayula is a traditional Mexican town. Its population is 28,145 (2020 census). It has a "plaza" that holds many festivities. During the holidays, some of its downtown streets are closed to hold a great market (mercado) full of various merchandise to sell and buy. Sayula's downtown church is one that excites the admiration of visitors.
Sayula is also known for its exquisite cajeta (caramel). It is one of its many attributes, and also contains a gorgeous cathedral and chapels. Sayula holds many festivities such as the well known Carnaval which draws inspiration from the Brazilian Carnival where we can witness some exotic traditions of dances and customs along with floats and cart vendors peddling goods.

## History

In the early 1870s, according to John Lewis Geiger, who was making a voyage across Mexico at the time; Sayula was at the time involved in the production of salt and pulque. From his account, the town was described as having badly-paved roads and being filled with white-washed, low adobe houses. In the 1890s, Sayula is reported to have had a population of approximately 10,655. During this same period, the town had a variety of merchants of goods from carriages and ironware, to arms and ammunition.

## Government
### Municipal presidents

| Municipal president | Term | Political party | Notes |
| Vicente Morett y Figueroa | 1823 | | |
| Francisco Monroy | 1823–1825 | | |
| Pedro León de la Cueva | 1825 | | |
| Manuel Pardo de Malhabear | 1826 | | |
| Francisco Morett | 1827 | | |
| Joaquín de Padilla | 1829 | | |
| Lorenzo Valle | No date | | |
| Miguel Morett | 1841 | | |
| Francisco de la Fuente | 1843 | | |
| Luiz de la Plaza | 1853 | | |
| Claudio Gutiérrez | 1853 | | |
| Agustín Carrión | 1855 | | |
| Antonio Bobadilla | 1856 | | |
| José María Tolsá | 1857 | | |
| Domingo Reyes | 1858 | | |
| Santiago Aguilar | 1858 | | |
| J. Jesús Vázquez Lomelín | 1859 | | |
| Silvano Camberos | 1859 | | |
| Agustín Carrión | 1861 | | |
| Sinforoso Banda | 1861 | | |
| Tomás Chávez | 1862 | | |
| Silvano Camberos | 1863 | | |
| Antonio L. Bobadilla | 1866 | | |
| Antonio R. de la Vega | 1867–1868 | | |
| Eufrasio Carrión | 1868–1870 | | |
| Antonio E. Naredo | 1870 | | |
| Francisco de la Madrid | 1870 | | |
| Pascual Dueñas | 1870 | | |
| Eufrasio Carrión | 1873–1875 | | |
| Nicanor Rodríguez | 1875 | | |
| Antonio E. Romero | 1875 | | |
| J. A. Carranza | 1876 | | |
| José Urrea | 1876 | | |
| D. I. G. Ruvalcaba | 1877 | | |
| J. Jesús L. Patiño | 1877–1882 | | |
| José J. Vázquez | 1882 | | |
| Miguel Vizcaíno | 1882–1884 | | |
| Laureano González Escobar | 1884 | | |
| Benigno Larios | 1885 | | |
| J. Félix Vélez | 1885 | | |
| Miguel Jaque | 1885 | | |
| José Bobadilla | 1885 | | |
| Tomás Zúñiga | 1885 | | |
| Juan J. Navarro | 1885–1887 | | |
| J. Jesús L. Patiño | 1887–1890 | | |
| Juan J. Navarro | 1890 | | |
| Paulino Preciado | 1893 | | |
| Vidal Gómez | 1893 | | |
| Ignacio G. Ruvalcaba | 1893–1894 | | |
| Vidal Gómez | 1894 | | |
| Vicente Palacios | 1894 | | |
| Vidal Gómez | 1895–1901 | | |
| Adolfo E. Romero | 1901–1903 | | |
| Hilario González | 1903 | | |
| Adolfo E. Romero | 1903–1906 | | |
| Ismael Padilla | 1906–1907 | | |
| Hilario González | 1907–1909 | | |
| Margarito González Rubio | 1909–1911 | | |
| Carlos Ceballos | 1911 | | |
| Adolfo E. Romero | 1911 | | |
| Eutimio Chávez | 1911 | | |
| José María Contreras | 1911 | | |
| Antonio L. Larios | 1911–1912 | | |
| Adolfo E. Romero | 1912–1913 | | |
| Carlos González Guerra | 1913 | | |
| Adolfo E. Romero | 1913–1914 | | |
| Daniel Aguilar | 1914–1916 | | |
| Antonio N. Larios | 1917 | | |
| Francisco Valdez | 1917 | | |
| Arturo Gálvez | 1918 | | |
| Urbano Gómez | 1919 | | |
| Lauro González Guerra J. | 1920 | | |
| Francisco González | 1920 | | |
| José María Anaya | 1920 | | |
| J. Jesús Chávez | 1921 | | |
| Arturo Gálvez | 1922 | | |
| Urbano Gómez | 1923 | | |
| Aurelio García | 1924 | | |
| Graciano García | 1924–1925 | | |
| Conrado Romo | 1925 | | |
| José Ayala | 1925 | | |
| J. Mújica | 1925 | | |
| Secundino Delgadillo | 1925 | | |
| Miguel Estrada | 1926 | | |
| Eduardo Valdominos | 1927 | | |
| Raymundo Ochoa | 1927 | | |
| Heliodoro Ruvalcaba | 1928 | | |
| Melesio Contreras | 1928 | | |
| Felipe G. Alfaro | 1928 | | |
| Ignacio Corona | 1928–1929 | | |
| Olivio Fernández | 1930 | PNR | |
| Vidal Villalvazo | 1930 | PNR | |
| Olivio Fernández | 1931 | PNR | |
| Vidal Villalvazo | 1931 | PNR | |
| Ernesto Navarro | 1932 | PNR | |
| Herculano Francisco Anguiano | 1933 | PNR | |
| J. Jesús Cisneros Gómez | 1933 | PNR | |
| J. Jesús Rodríguez | 1934 | PNR | |
| Lorenzo Ponce | 1935 | PNR | |
| Candelario Ochoa | 1935 | PNR | |
| Genaro M. Ocaranza | 1935 | PNR | |
| Salvador Díaz Negrete | 1937 | PNR | |
| Feliciano Morales | 1937 | PNR | |
| Ignacio Cisneros Gómez | 1938 | PRM | |
| Justo Contreras Aguilar | 01-01-1939–31-12-1940 | PRM | |
| Miguel Chávez Álvarez | 01-01-1941–31-12-1942 | PRM | |
| Federico L. González | 01-01-1943–31-12-1944 | PRM | |
| Salvador M. Aréchiga | 01-01-1945–31-12-1946 | PRM PRI | |
| Salvador Díaz y Díaz | 1947 | PRI | |
| Rubén E. Chávez Rojas | 1947–1948 | PRI | |
| Fernando Valencia Gutiérrez | 1948 | PRI | |
| Leopoldo Anaya Díaz | 1949–1952 | PRI | |
| Salvador Pérez Gutiérrez | 1952 | PRI | |
| Francisco S. Manzo | 1953–1955 | PRI | |
| Daniel González Guerra | 1956 | PRI | |
| Miguel Michel Victoria | 1956–1958 | PRI | |
| Alfredo Rodríguez Beas | 01-01-1959–31-12-1961 | PRI | |
| J. Jesús Tovar Hernández | 01-01-1962–31-12-1964 | PRI | |
| Alfonso González Díaz | 01-01-1965–31-12-1967 | PRI | |
| José María Barba Olivares | 01-01-1968–31-12-1970 | PRI | |
| Ignacio Díaz Larios | 01-01-1971–31-12-1973 | PRI | |
| Rubén Chávez Wideman | 01-01-1974–31-12-1976 | PRI | |
| Rodolfo Arias Covarrubias | 01-01-1977–31-12-1979 | PRI | |
| Maximiliano González Michel | 01-01-1980–31-12-1982 | PRI | |
| Rafael Chávez Arellano | 01-01-1983–1985 | PRI | |
| Nicolás Eguiarte Vázquez | 1985 | PRI | Acting municipal president |
| Jorge Ventura Torres | 01-01-1986–31-12-1988 | PRI | |
| Marcelino Torres Carrillo | 01-01-1989–1992 | PRI | |
| Gerardo Villalobos Arroyo | 1992–1995 | PRI | |
| Miguel Mario Anguiano Aguilar | 1995–1997 | PAN | |
| Primitivo Curiel García | 1997 | PAN | Acting municipal president |
| Samuel Rivas Peña | 01-01-1998–31-12-2000 | PRD | |
| José María García Arteaga | 01-01-2001–31-12-2003 | PRI | |
| Samuel Rivas Peña | 01-01-2004–31-12-2006 | PRD | |
| Andrés Sánchez Sánchez | 01-01-2007–31-12-2009 | PVEM | |
| Samuel Rivas Peña | 01-01-2010–30-09-2012 | PRD | |
| Jorge González Figueroa | 01-10-2012–30-09-2015 | PRI PVEM | Coalition "Compromise for Jalisco" |
| Jorge Campos Aguilar | 01-10-2015–30-09-2018 | PRD | |
| Óscar Daniel Carrión Calvario | 01-10-2018–05-03-2021 | | Independent candidate. He applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection, backed by Citizens' Movement (MC) |
| Víctor Cerón | 05-03-2021–2021 | | Acting municipal president |
| Óscar Daniel Carrión Calvario | 01-10-2021–30-09-2024 | MC | He was reelected on 6 June 2021 |