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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.According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 8th most populous city in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, [6] [7] making ...
In 1987, the Expo Guadalajara Convention Centre was created and has since been recognized as the most important centre of its kind the country. [citation needed] Guadalajara has more than 25,000 lodging rooms. The city is the national leader in investment of shopping malls. Many shopping centres have been built, such as Plaza Galerias, one of ...
One of the first studies on a methodology to define and quantify the metropolitan areas in Mexico was published by El Colegio de México in 1978. In Luis Unikel's book "Urban Development in Mexico: Diagnosis and Future Implications", a metropolitan area was designated as "the territorial area that includes the political and administrative units from a central city, and any contiguous, urban ...
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 ...
Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara 1988. World Bank , "Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of US$300,751,879.70 to the United Mexican States for a Second Upper Secondary Education Development Policy Loan" , International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , February 8, 2012
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, by José Clemente Orozco, Jalisco Governmental Palace, Guadalajara. The Spanish crown had not seen such a challenge from below during its nearly 300 years of colonial rule. Most rural protests were brief, had local grievances, and were resolved quickly often in the colonial courts. [ 51 ]
Organizations based in Guadalajara, Jalisco (3 C, 6 P) P. People from Guadalajara, Jalisco (1 C, 87 P) R. Roman Catholic archbishops of Guadalajara (7 P) S.
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 .