The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in )
is the most populous
metropolitan area
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of the
Mexican state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
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**Nation state, a ...
of
Jalisco
Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by s ...
and the third largest in the country after
Greater Mexico City
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and
Monterrey
Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...
. It includes the core
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
of
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( ; ) is the capital and the most populous city in the western Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco, as well as the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population ...
and the surrounding municipalities of
Zapopan
Zapopan () is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, Zapopan is the largest city in the state. It's best known as the home of the Virgin of Zapopan, an image of the Virgin ...
,
Tlaquepaque
Tlaquepaque (), officially San Pedro Tlaquepaque, is a city and the surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Geography
During the 20th century, it was absorbed by the outward spread of the state capital, and is now a fully i ...
,
Tonalá,
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga,
El Salto,
Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos
Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos is a town and municipality in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 184.25 km². It is located north of the Chapala municipality.
In 2005, the municipality had a total population ...
and
Juanacatlán
Juanacatlán () is a town and ''municipio'' (municipality) in the central region of the Mexican state of Jalisco.
Origin of name
Juanacatlán gets its name from the Nahuatl word "Xonacatlan", which means ''place abundant in onions'' or ''onion p ...
.
Population
In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities.
See also
*
Metropolitan Areas of Mexico Metropolitan areas of Mexico have been traditionally defined as the group of municipalities that heavily interact with each other, usually around a core city, in Mexico. The phenomenon of conurbation, metropolization in Mexico is relatively recent, ...
References
{{Largest metropolitan areas of Mexico
Geography of Jalisco
Metropolitan areas of Mexico