Unión de San Antonio | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and Town |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Jalisco |
Area Total Km2: | 728.8 |
Area Blank1 Title: | Town |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 3.55 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 19069 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Town |
Population Blank1: | 8737 |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 21.128°N -102.006°W |
Unión de San Antonio is a town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is named after Saint Anthony of Padua since the first church built there was in his honor. As of 2005, the municipality had a population of 15,484. It is located about 32km (20miles) west of León, Guanajuato. The main local industry is agriculture, including maize, wheat, beans, and livestock.
The small town receives its name from the intersection of two roads at the "Old Dam", which currently still exists on the east side of town. Through the hard work of Don Pablo and Don Jose Antonio, they constructed the chapel that became the heart and center of the town and the magnificent church it is today.
At the beginning of the nineteenth century it was known as Hacienda of Saint Anthony of the Adobes and later Villa of Union.