Chapala is a town and municipality in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, located on the north shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake. According to the 2015 census, its population is 50,738 for the municipality. The municipality includes about 11,000 in the town of Ajijic.
Chapala, Jalisco
Chapala by Brazilian Mexican painter Félix Bernardelli, 1899
The Chapala beach viewed from the Malecon
Fresh produce for sale in Chapala
Lake Chapala has been Mexico's largest freshwater lake ever since the desiccation of Lake Texcoco.
Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala from space, 1994
Great egret at Chapala Lake