Ameca (Nahuatl languages: Amecatl "string of water") is a city and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico.

The natives received him alone because they thought he was the son of the sun, as their ancestors had predicted who would come to conquer and that all would be subject to him and pay tribute.

In 1979, Ameca held its founding 450 years and on April 28, the three branches of government moved to establish a formal sitting.

Its rolling hills or Cuauhtépetl Ameca, mainly occupying the northern part of town, and it has an irregular topography characterized by a succession of valleys and vast mountains in different areas of the municipality.

In addition, there are the dams of San Ignacio de la Vega, Los Pocitos and the Texcalame.

The Hayward, California based restaurant chain La Piñata produces a line of tequilas at their distillery in the Ameca region.

The House of Culture includes exhibitions of art and historical objects, as well as music and dance events, among others.

It has within it the Ameca Regional Museum, which despite being very small, it is important for the quality of its archaeological and paleontological collections consist of more than 10,000 pieces.

The rescue of this material was made by Professor Philemon Gutiérrez Ramírez who, for 50 years of his life, collected pieces from the region (Ameca valley, Quitupan, Tala) and other entities of the country (Nayarit, Veracruz and Zacatecas).

Its pink stone facade has a tower composed of three bodies; there are cross atrial figures of the Passion of the Christ and of the inscription made in 1687.

Señor Grande de Ameca, a beautiful sculpture of the crucified Christ made with cornstalk paste by indigenous hands centuries ago, is nearly two meters tall from his feet to his head.

With the body and face full of bloody wounds and the open side, is in the niche of the main altar of the church of St. James of Ameca, Jalisco.

The largest festival of Lord Ameca is movable, it takes place between the months of April and May, with nine days.

The age is estimated at around 40 million years ago, during the Tertiary period, by capricious crystallization of volcanic ash, which some attribute to the Tequila Volcano, distant only 30 km.

Other tourist attractions include orchards and natural baths that have formed in the various streams within and around outskirts of the municipality.