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Guadalajara metropolitan area
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| Guadalajara – Zapopan – Tlaquepaque - Tonalá - Tlajomulco | |
 Metropolitan Area |
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| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Jalisco |
| Largest city | Guadalajara |
| Other cities | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,740 km2 (1,056 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1,870 m (6,131.14 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 1,050 m (3,442.6 ft) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 5,268,642 |
| • Density | 1,897.29/km2 (4,914.0/sq mi) |
The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish: Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) 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.
Population
The Guadalajara metropolitan area had a total population of 4,796,603 in 2015, distributed in eight municipalities. (For more up-to-date data see the Spanish version of this article.)
| No. | Municipality | Population Census 2010 |
Population Census 2015 |
Area in km2 |
Inhabitants per km2 (2015) |
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| 1 | Guadalajara | 1,495,189 | 1,460,148 | 187.91 | 7,770.5 |
| 2 | Zapopan | 1,243,756 | 1,332,272 | 893.15 | 1,491.7 |
| 3 | Tlaquepaque | 608,114 | 664,193 | 270.88 | 2,452.0 |
| 4 | Tonalá | 478,689 | 536,111 | 119.58 | 4,483.3 |
| 5 | Tlajomulco de Zúñiga | 416,626 | 549,442 | 636.93 | 862.6 |
| 6 | El Salto | 138,226 | 183,437 | 41.50 | 4,420.2 |
| 7 | Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos | 41,060 | 53,045 | 184.25 | 287.9 |
| 8 | Juanacatlán | 13,218 | 17,955 | 89.08 | 201.6 |
| Total GMA | 4,434,878 | 4,796,603 | 2,734.0 | 1,754.4 |
| Data | Year | ||||
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| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | |
| Total population of the GMA | 3,003,868 | 3,482,417 | 3,699,136 | 4,095,853 | 4,434,878 |
| Average annual growth rate | 2,7% | 1,4% | 29,7% | 1,7% | 1,55% |
See also
In Spanish: Área metropolitana de Guadalajara para niños
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