Municipio Zapopan
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Country | Mexico | |
State | Jalisco | |
Seat | Zapopan | |
surface | 1,166.1 km² | |
Residents | 1,243,756 (2010) | |
density | 1,066.6 inhabitants per km² | |
founding | 1824 | |
Website | www.zapopan.gob.mx/ | |
INEGI no. | 14120 | |
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Presidente municipal | Héctor Robles Peiro | |
Palacio Municipal |
Coordinates: 20 ° 43 ′ N , 103 ° 24 ′ W
Zapopan is a municipality in the Mexican state Jalisco in the Región Centro . The municipality - it forms the north of the Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara - had 1,243,756 inhabitants in the 2010 census; the area of the municipality is 1166.1 km².
The largest city in the municipality and administrative seat is the metropolis of the same name, Zapopan . Other places with at least 4000 inhabitants are Tesistán , La Venta del Astillero , Fraccionamiento Campestre Las Palomas and Nextipac . The municipality comprises a total of 234 localities.
The Municipio Zapopan borders the Municipios Tequila , San Cristóbal de la Barranca , Ixtlahuacán del Río , Guadalajara , Tlajomulco de Zúñiga , Tala , El Arenal and Amatitán .
The municipal area is on average around 1550 m above sea level, the predominant landscape is hilly between 1500 m and 2000 m altitude. A good 40% of the community area is forested, over 20% is used for agriculture, 9% form the urban zone in the metropolitan region.
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Zapopan (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Zapopan (Spanish; PDF)
- jalisco.gob.mx: Zapopan (Spanish)