Municipio Zapopan

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Zapopan
location
Symbols
coat of arms
coat of arms
Basic data
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
politics
Presidente municipal Héctor Robles Peiro
Palacio Municipal
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.

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