Mazamitla (La Capital De La Montaña) is a town an population of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located 124 km south of Guadalajara in the Southeast Region. Its name comes from the Nahuatl and means "place where arrows to hunt deer are made"; its territorial extension is 177.18 km2. According to Count II Population and Housing, the municipality has 11671 inhabitants and are devoted mainly to the tertiary sector. For its natural beauty is considered by the federal Secretariat of Tourism as a Pueblo Mágico.