{"id":12379,"date":"2013-01-10T19:33:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-11T00:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=12379"},"modified":"2022-04-15T06:40:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T11:40:57","slug":"jalisco-hand-fingers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/jalisco-hand-fingers\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalisco\u2019s Ghostly Hand and Bony Fingers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My efforts to update each one of hundreds of customized maps to the current version of Google Maps has been an ongoing chore. Not every aspect has been without benefit though. For instance it allowed me to ponder my complete index of places<\/a> featured on Twelve Mile Circle in more detail than I’ve done in a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I felt pretty satisfied with my five-year effort until I noticed the wasteland of 12MC content “South of the Border.” Then my obsessive-compulsive nature began to drive me mad. Must… add… pushpins… to… Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That could be challenging. I didn’t have anything for Mexico in my backlog of potential topics. Maybe I could stare at a map for awhile in desperation and hope that something might appear. Eventually and much longer than I would care to admit it finally happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Wonderful Anomaly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I noticed a strangely-shaped object, an odd protrusion sprouting from the northern end of Jalisco. Officially Jalisco is the “Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco”. That translates to a very prestigious-sounding Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco. This Mexican state included noteworthy cities such as Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta although those won’t be mentioned again. That’s just for reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check it out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Municipalities<\/a>
So this is Jalisco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Behold the magnificence of what looks like a ghostly hand, or maybe more accurately a paw, with three primary fingers and a couple of small gnarly stubs sprouting from the main body of Jalisco. Each of the sub-units is a separate municipality, a second-level division of government in Mexico somewhat analogous to a county in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico with 125 of them found in Jalisco. Plenty of people count counties<\/a> in the United States. But I wonder if anyone counts municipalities in Mexico? Sadly my lack of Spanish linguistic skills precluded finding out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Look Into the Hand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I dug a little further to identify the specific municipalities within Jalisco’s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n