Guadalajara Metropolitan Area

Guadalajara Metropolitan Area
Guadalajara – Zapopan – Tlaquepaque - Tonalá
Coordinates:
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Largest city	Guadalajara
Other cities	Zapopan Tlaquepaque Tonalá El Salto Tlajomulco de Zuñiga
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.

Population

Guadalajara Metropolitan Area

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.

Detailed Guadalajara Metropolitan Area population data by INEGI, 2005

No.	Municipality	Population 2010	Population 2005	Area	Inhabitants/km2
1	Guadalajara	1,494,134	1,600,940	187.91	7951.3
2	Zapopan	1,233,538	1,155,790	893.15	1381.1
3	Tlaquepaque	608,187	563,006	270.88	2245.2
4	Tonalá	478,981	408,729	119.58	4005.5
5	Tlajomulco de Zuniga	416,552	220,630	636.93	654.0
6	El Salto	138,585	111,436	41.5	3339.4
7	Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos	41,057	23,420	184.25	222.8
8	Juanacatlán	13,218	11,902	89,08	148.4
-	Total GMA	4,424,252	4,095,853	2,734,0	1618.2

Total population and growth rate (INEGI, 2005)

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%