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Guadalajara (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d əl ə ˈ h ɑːr ə / GWAH-də-lə-HAR-ə; [5] Spanish: [ɡwaðalaˈxaɾa] ⓘ) is a city in western Mexico and the capital of the state of Jalisco, being the most densely populated municipality in Jalisco.
Guadalajara is a municipality, the basic level of local division in Spain. The Ayuntamiento is the body charged with the municipal government and administration. The Plenary of the ayuntamiento is formed by 25 elected municipal councillors, [ 49 ] who in turn invest the mayor .
The flag of the city of Guadalajara is the emblem of Guadalajara and is used by the town hall as representative symbol of the city. [3] The flag consists of 3 horizontal stripes, blue, yellow and blue respectively, [4] in the central part of the yellow stripe is the Seal of Guadalajara conceived by the emperor Carlos V in 1539.
ISO 3166-2, International Organization for Standardization - ISO 3166 Codes Mexico.; ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization.Accessed on line October 21, 2007.
The economic center of the state is Guadalajara, with parts of the metro area having living standards comparable to that of the first world, however, on its periphery there is still significant poverty. [42] Guadalajara's economy is based on industry, especially electronics and cybernetics, much of which is located just outside the city center ...
The coat of arms of Jalisco (Spanish: Escudo de Jalisco, lit. "state shield of Jalisco") is a symbol of the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco in Mexico. [1]This shield symbolizes the nobility and lordship of the city of Guadalajara; virtues that the Spanish crown recognized in the work and dangers that the city's inhabitants had endured in the conquest and settlement of the city. [2]
Guadalajara" is a well-known mariachi song written and composed by Pepe Guízar in 1937. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Guízar wrote the song in honor of his hometown, the city of the same name and state capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco .
The Guadalajara Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Guadalajara), also known as The Federation (Spanish: La Federación), was a Mexican drug cartel which was formed in the late 1970s by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Rafael Caro Quintero, and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in order to ship cocaine and marijuana to the United States.