No Lie...There Really is Such a Place

QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"JAPALITOS, PLEASE, ON MY SUBWAY VEGGIE SUB."-- (me)

Clue:
A handful of people in these parts of the town speak a language older than the Aztec language. I wonder how that was preserved for so many years.
It is a highly remote area of Mexico.

Answer: The place is affectionately known as Erongo.

WEBPAGE OF THE DAY: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erongarícuaro