GUADALAJARA METROPOLITAN AREA

The 'Guadalajara Metropolitan Area' (Spanish: ''Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara'') is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the second largest in the country after Mexico City. It includes the main municipality ''(municipio)'' of Guadalajara and the surrounding municipalities of Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, and Tonalá on a ''de jure'' basis. In ''de facto'' terms, the metropolitan area also includes the municipalities of Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, El Salto, Juanacatlán, and Ixtlahuacán del Río.

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Population

The Guadalajara Metropolitan Area had a total population of 4,100,000 in 2005.

Population Table
Municipality	Population
Guadalajara	1,651,417
Zapopan	1,159,828
Tlaquepaque	624,745
Tonalá	452,555