Guadalajara metropolitan area
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 second largest in the country after Greater Mexico City. 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]
Guadalajara metropolitan area | |
|---|---|
| Guadalajara – Zapopan – Tlaquepaque - Tonalá | |
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| Coordinates: 20°39′58″N 103°21′07″W | |
| Country |  |
| 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 | |
| • Total | 4,298,715 |
| • Density | 1,572/km2 (4,071/sq mi) |
Population
Guadalajara metropolitan area
The Guadalajara metropolitan area had a total population of 4,796,603 in 2015,[3] distributed in eight municipalities. (For more up-to-date data see the Spanish version of this article.)
| No. | Municipality | Population 2010[4] | Population 2005[5] | Area | Inhabitants/km2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalajara | 1,494,134 | 1,600,940 | 187.91 | 7951.3 | |
| Zapopan | 1,233,538 | 1,155,790 | 893.15 | 1381.1 | |
| Tlaquepaque | 608,187 | 563,006 | 270.88 | 2245.2 | |
| Tonalá | 478,981 | 408,729 | 119.58 | 4005.5 | |
| Tlajomulco de Zúñiga | 416,552 | 220,630 | 636.93 | 654.0 | |
| El Salto | 138,585 | 111,436 | 41.5 | 3339.4 | |
| Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos | 41,057 | 23,420 | 184.25 | 222.8 | |
| Juanacatlán | 13,218 | 11,902 | 89.08 | 148.4 | |
| Total GMA | 4,424,252 | 4,095,853 | 2734.0 | 1618.2 |
| Data | Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | |
| Total population of the GMA | 3.003.868 | 3.482.417 | 3.699.136 | 4.095.853 | 4.424.252 |
| Average annual growth rate | 2,7% | 1,4% | 29,7% | 1,7% | 1,55% |
References
- 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.
- 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.
- INEGI 2015 census data
- http://www.inegi.org.mx/sistemas/TabuladosBasicos/preliminares2010.aspx Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010 Resultados preliminares
- Jalisco - Selected population by municipality Retrieved on 2009-05-08.
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