San Juan de los Lagos

San Juan de los Lagos
Municipality and City
Basilica of San Juan de los Lagos
Seal
Nickname:  San Juan
Motto:  Bienvenidos Peregrinos de Paz
San Juan de los Lagos Location in Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco Show map of Jalisco San Juan de los Lagos San Juan de los Lagos (Mexico) Show map of Mexico
Coordinates: 21°14′45″N 102°19′51″W / 21.24583°N 102.33083°W / 21.24583; -102.33083
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Government
• Municipal president	Alejandro C. de Anda Lozano National Action Party
Area
• Municipality	847.7 km2 (327.3 sq mi)
• City	11.77 km2 (4.54 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Municipality	72,230
• Density	85/km2 (220/sq mi)
• City	53,539
• City density	4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time)
Website	www.sanjuandeloslagos.gob.mx

San Juan de los Lagos (English: Saint John of the Lakes) is a city and municipality located in the northeast corner of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, in a region known as Los Altos. It is best known as the home of a small image of the Virgin Mary called Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos (Nahuatl: Cihuapilli, lit. "Great Lady"). Miracles have been ascribed to her since 1632 and have made the Basilica of San Juan de los Lagos a major tourist attraction. The economy of the city is still heavily dependent on the flow of pilgrims to the shrine, which has amounted to between seven and nine million visitors per year.