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Guadalajara Weather Current conditions as of 05/07/2008 75° FLow: 65° / High: 76°
- Temperatura :
- Low : 65°C
High : 76°C
- Viento :
- Velocity : 60 kph
Direction : E
- Humedad :
- Humidity:
65 %
- Sol :
- Sunrise : 7:18 am
Sunset : 8:38 pm
On February the 14th of 1542 the installation of the first city council in the actual Guadalajara was to take place, being its majesty the Emperor Charles the Fifth of Germany and First of Spain who would grant the title of City, with its weapon shield that up to this day represents it. By 1561 Guadalajara, with 3 thousand inhabitants, iniciates its roll as capital of the kingdom of Nueva Galicia by having Fray Pedro de Ayala place the first stone of the Cathedral which continues to stand majestically as a precious symbol of such a beautiful city. The word Guadalajara comes from the arab term Wad-al-hidjara, “river that runs among stones”, name taken from the natal city of Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, conqueror of this land erected as capital of the state of Jalisco on May the 27th of 1824. Land of handcrafts, tequila and mariachi: the famous tapatia land.
Guadalajara is a tourist destination that is characterized for the diversity and greatness of such large city, being also an industrial and business center with an accelerated growth that goes back to the time when the tapatío merchants would get together to socialize and in some occasions to make business in the Mercantile Circle, a club that worked around the street of San Francisco, a block away from the Plaza de Armas. It is then when business men of the aforementioned society would develop the Chamber of Commerce of Guadalajara, founded on the 20th of June of 1888.
The State Government took the iniciative of carrying out in 1953 the first Great Fair of Jalisco, the first of an interminable series of multitudinous events that annually captivate thousands of visitors or business men. On February the 20th of 1987 takes place the opening of the Centro de Exposiciones Expo-Guadalajara (Expo-Guadalajara Show Center), a space with 14 spacious entrances to the exhibition floor, functional vestibules and installations that allow the daily entrance of up to 50,000 persons, counting with great platforms which allow simultaneous loading and unloading of 65 trucks and a parking lot for 1,800 automoviles. At the present time, with more than 120 exhibitions per year, Expo-Guadalajara distinguishes itself for being the best alternative for the professional commercializing of goods and services, responding to the requirements of the international markets while guaranteeing the best quality possible. In the city and its outskirts there are 11 industrial parks, as well as a technological park sponsored by the University of Guadalajara which serves as an incubator for new businesses and place where these may get the necessary management and technological support. And how many colleges make of Guadalajara one of the most crowded professional education centers of the entire country!
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