Municipalities of Jalisco
Jalisco is a state in Western Mexico that is divided into 125 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the third most populated state with 8,348,151 inhabitants and the seventh largest by land area spanning 78,595.9 square kilometres (30,346.0 sq mi). The largest municipality by population is Zapopan, with 1,476,491 residents, while the smallest is Santa María del Oro with 1,815 residents. The largest municipality by land area is Mezquitic which spans 3,363.60 km2 (1,298.69 sq mi), and the smallest is Techaluta with 79.20 km2 (30.58 sq mi). The newest is San Ignacio Cerro Gordo, established in 2007 out of Arandas.
Zapopan is part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and the largest municipality by population in Jalisco.
Guadalajara, capital and second largest municipality by population
Tlajomulco, third largest municipality by population
Tlaquepaque, fourth largest municipality by population
Jalisco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in western Mexico and is bordered by six states, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacán, and Colima. Jalisco is divided into 125 municipalities, and its capital and largest city is Guadalajara.
Guachimontones archaelogical site, built and inhabited by the Teuchitlán culture from 300 BCE to 450 CE.
Jaliscan ceramic warrior, c. 100 BCE to 150 CE.
Depiction of the conquest of Jalisco by Spaniard Cristóbal de Olid and his Tlaxcalan allies, as depicted in the Lienzo de Tlaxcala of 1522.
Monument to Beatriz Hernández, a Spanish settler who helped establish the city of Guadalajara in 1542.
