Municipalities of Jalisco

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Jalisco is a state in western Mexico that is divided into 125 municipalities. According to the 2020 INEGI census, it is the third most populated state with inhabitants and the seventh largest by land area spanning . The largest municipality by population is Zapopan, with 1,476,491 residents (17.68% of the state's total), while the smallest is Santa María del Oro with 1,815 residents.

Municipalities in Jalisco are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Their legal framework derives from the state Constitution. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.

Municipalities

File:Puerta de Hierro ZM Guadalajara México.jpg|alt=Central business district buildings of Zapopan|Zapopan is part of the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area and the largest municipality by population in Jalisco.

File:Guadalajara, México panorámica.jpg|alt=Panorama of the city of Guadalajara|Guadalajara, capital and second largest municipality by population

File:ID 08704 Santuario Purísima Concepción Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Jalisco 1.jpg|alt=Old church in Tlajomulco|Tlajomulco, third largest municipality by population

File:Tlaquepaque-Eingangstor.jpg|alt=Entrance gate of Tlaquepaque|Tlaquepaque, fourth largest municipality by population

File:Palaciompal_tonala.jpg|alt=City Hall in Tonalá|Tonalá, fifth largest municipality by population

File:Puerto Vallarta Villa del Palmar.jpg|alt=Skyline of Puerto Vallarta|Puerto Vallarta, sixth largest municipality by population

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!scope="col" rowspan=2| Name

!scope="col" rowspan=2| Municipal seat

!scope="col" rowspan=2| Population<br>(2020)

!scope="col" rowspan=2| Change

!scope="col" data-sort-type="number" colspan=2| Land area

!scope="col"| km<sup>2</sup>

!scope="col"| sq mi

!scope="row" align="left"|Acatic

|align=left|Acatic

!scope="row" align="left"|Acatlán

|align=left|Acatlán de Juárez

!scope="row" align="left"|Ahualulco

|align=left|Ahualulco de Mercado

!scope="row" align="left"|Amacueca

|align=left|Amacueca

!scope="row" align="left"|Amatitán

|align=left|Amatitán

!scope="row" align="left"|Ameca

|align=left|Ameca

!scope="row" align="left"|Arandas

|align=left|Arandas

!scope="row" align="left"|Atemajac de Brizuela

|align=left|Atemajac de Brizuela

!scope="row" align="left"|Atengo

|align=left|Atengo

!scope="row" align="left"|Atenguillo

|align=left|Atenguillo

!scope="row" align="left"|Atotonilco El Alto

|align=left|Atotonilco El Alto

!scope="row" align="left"|Atoyac

|align=left|Atoyac

!scope="row" align="left"|Autlán

|align=left|Autlán de Navarro

!scope="row" align="left"|Ayotlán