Guadalajara Metropolitan Area

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**Guadalajara – Zapopan – Tlaquepaque - Tonalá**
Common name: Guadalajara Metropolitan Area
Largest city Other cities	Guadalajara - Zapopan - Tlaquepaque - Tonalá - El Salto -Tlajomulco de Zuñiga
Population	Ranked in the U.S.
- Total	4,112,332(2005)
- Density	2,495/sq. mi. 1,550/km²
Area	1,699 sq. mi. 2,734 km²
State(s)	- Jalisco
Elevation
- Highest point	6131.14 feet (1870 m)
- Lowest point	3442.6 feet (1050 m)

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 Greater Mexico City. It includes the core municipality 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.