Guadalajara metropolitan area

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Guadalajara metropolitan area
Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara (Spanish)
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Guadalajara metropolitan area in Mexico
Guadalajara metropolitan area
Interactive map of the Guadalajara metropolitan area
Country Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
State(s) Flag of Jalisco.svg Jalisco
Largest city Zapopan
Other cities - Guadalajara
 - Tlaquepaque
 - Tonalá
 - El Salto
 - Tlajomulco de Zúñiga
Area
  Total
2,543.13 km2 (981.91 sq mi)
Highest elevation
1,870 m (6,131.14 ft)
Lowest elevation
1,050 m (3,442.6 ft)
Population
 (2020) [1] [2]
  Total
5,268,642
  Density2,071.71/km2 (5,365.7/sq mi)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
  Year2023
  Total$123.8 billion [3]
  Per capita$22,800
Time zone UTC−6 (CST)

The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish : Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) [2] is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey. It includes the core municipality of Guadalajara and the surrounding municipalities of Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, El Salto, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Juanacatlán. [2]

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Population

In 2020 the Guadalajara metropolitan area had a population of 5,268,642 distributed in eight municipalities. [4]

No.MunicipalityPopulation
Census 2020 [5]
Population
Census 2015 [4]
Area in
km2
Inhabitants
per km2 (2020)
1 Zapopan 1,476,4911,332,2721,017.241,451.46
Detailed Guadalajara metropolitan area population data by INEGI
2 Guadalajara 1,385,6291,460,148150.369,215.4
3 Tlaquepaque 687,720664,193118.605,978.65
4 Tonalá 569,913536,111156.53,641.61
5 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga 727,750549,552682.51,066.3
6 El Salto 232,852183,43792.392,520.31
7 Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos 67,96953,045184.32368.75
8 Juanacatlán 30,85517,955141.22218.48
Total GMA5,268,6424,796,6032,543.132,071.71
Total population and growth rate (INEGI, 2005) [2]
DataYear
19901995200020052010
Total population of the GMA3,003,8683,482,4173,699,1364,095,8534,434,878
Average annual growth rate2,7%1,4%1,7%1,55%

See also

References

  1. Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Proyecciones de la Población de México 2005-2050 Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Consejo Nacional de Población, México; Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México 2005 Archived 2009-05-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 2008-10-18.
  3. "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. 1 2 http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/preliminares2010.aspx Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 Resultados preliminares
  5. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática, México (web).