Greater Guadalajara
| Guadalajara Metropolitan Area | |
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| Guadalajara – Zapopan – Tlaquepaque - Tonalá | |
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| Coordinates: 20°39′58″N 103°21′07″W / 20.6661°N 103.3519°W | |
| 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 (2008) | |
| • Total | 4,298,715 |
| • Density | 1,572/km2 (4,071/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 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 Zuñiga, El Salto, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos and Juanacatlán.
The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area had a total population of 4,095,853 in 2005, which had grown to an estimated 4,298,715 in 2008.
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