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Chimaltitán

municipality in the State of Jalisco, Mexico

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ2963652 ↗
Source-derived summary

Chimaltitán Municipality is a municipality in the north of the state of Jalisco, Mexico.

Borders

It is bordered on the north by Totatiche Municipality and Villa Guerrero Municipality, to the east by the state of Zacatecas, to the south by San Martín de Bolaños Municipality and to the west by Bolaños Municipality.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Chimaltitán” as municipality in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Chimaltitán, municipality and State.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 52-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1886-05-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Chimaltitán, municipality and State providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Chimaltitán”, the useful work is to connect “municipality in the State of Jalisco, Mexico” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2963652. Authority coordinates are 21.733, -103.700. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  • Locating named sources
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Chimaltitán”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Chimaltitán primary sources, Chimaltitán archive and Chimaltitán research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Chimaltitán” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.