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The pre-Hispanic name was "Ximochoque", which means "Place of bitter jars". With the arrival of the
Spanish the place was rebaptized with the name of San Pedro Lagunillas to honor the first Count of Miravalle, Pedro Alonso Dávalos Bracamonte y Uibarri, who provided the resources for the construction
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Most of the municipality belongs to a volcanic zone. The main elevations are "Cerro Grande"(2,000 meters), "Cerro
Tetillas" (1,760 meters), "Cerro La Palma" (1,740 meters), "Cerro Estiladero" (1,600 meters), "Cerro El CarretĂłn" (1,580 meters), and the extinct volcano of "Tepetiltic" (1,500 meters).
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The economy is mainly agricultural with the main crops being corn, beans, and sugarcane. There is some cattle raising with 34,214 head counted in the 1990 census.
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The main tourist sights are the two lakes of San Pedro and
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