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!colspan="2" bgcolor="#fafafa" style="height:25px"| <span style="font-size:140%;">Tonalá</span>
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!colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#fafafa" align="center" style="border:0; vertical-align:middle;"| 220px<br><small>Church in Tonalá</small><br>
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!colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#fafafa" align="center" style="border:0; vertical-align:middle;"| 96px|Coat of arms of Tonalá
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!colspan="2" align="center" | <small>Coat of arms</small>
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!colspan="2" align="center" | 220px|Location <br><small>Location in the State of Jalisco</small><br>
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| Country || Mexico
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| State || Jalisco
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| Region || Región Centro
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| Metropolitan Area || Guadalajara Metropolitan Area
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| Municipality <br><small>• Neighborhoods</small><br> || Tonalá <br>193<br>
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| Municipal president ||Sergio Armando Chávez Dávalos (2021-)
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| Political party || Morena|link=National Regeneration Movement|35px
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| City Area || 51.66 km<sup>2</sup>
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| Metro Area || 2,740 km<sup>2</sup>
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| Elevation || 1,540 m
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| City Population <small>(2020)</small> || 442,440 city; 569,913 municipality
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| Metro Population <small>(2020)</small> || 5,268,642 <small>(Rank 3)</small>
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| City Density || 8,564/km<sup>2</sup>
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| Metro Density || 1,897.29/km<sup>2</sup>
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| Demonym || Tonalteca
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| Time Zone || CST (UTC−6)
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| <small> • Summer</small> || CDT (UTC−5)
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| Postal Code || 45400–45429
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| Area Code || +52 <small>(Mexico)</small> / +33 <small>(Jalisco)</small>
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!colspan="2" bgcolor="#fafafa" style="border-top:solid 1px #ccd2d9;" | <small>Website – H. Ayuntamiento de Tonalá</small>
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Tonalá () is a city and municipality within the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. With a population of 442,440, it is the fourth largest city in the state, the other three being the other major population centres in the metro area: Guadalajara, Zapopan, and Tlaquepaque. It is best known as a major handcrafts center for Jalisco, especially pottery, as well as its very large Thursday and Sunday street market, dedicated to handcrafts.
The city
thumb|left|Santiago Apostol Parish
The "municipal palace" or local government building is distinguished by its clock tower and arches, which are decorated in ceramic tiles in traditional motifs. There are also ceramic murals created by Salvador Vázquez and Francisco Basulto. In 2013, the local government opened an exhibition hall and museum in the building called the Tonalá Puebla-Museo, to promote local handcrafts, arts and culture.
The main church for the city is the Santiago Apostol Parish. Constructed in the 16th century, it is the second oldest standing church in the Valley of Atemajac. It is best known as the site of the masked Dance of the Tastoanes, performed in honor of Saint James on July 25.
thumb|left|Exhibit at the Museo Nacional de la Cerámica
Main cultural centers are the Museo Nacional de la Cerámica, the Casa de Artesanos and the Museo Tonallan. The Museo Nacional de la Cerámica is mostly dedicated to Jalisco ceramics, especially that of Tonalá. There are halls dedicated to ceramics from other parts of the country as well as a hall dedicated to miniatures.
The Tonallán Museum contains exhibits related to the municipality's history, dances such as the Tastoanes and handcrafts from the pre Hispanic era to the present.
The municipality
The city of Tonalá functions as the local government for 58 other communities, which cover a territory of . Merchants at the traditional tianguis (outdoor market) reported that their earnings had fallen by 60% due to health safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico by December 2020. Tonalá reported 4,357 confirmed cases and 540 deaths from the pandemic as of February 26, 2021.
Eleven people were killed and at least two wounded when unidentified armed assailants attacked a party on February 27, 2021.
Economy
thumb|Basic dishes for sale at a stand at the Thursday street market of the city
thumb|Cristacolor glass blowing workshop in Tonalá
Tonalá is rated as having a very low level of socio-economic marginalization. Overall, the main sources of employment for the municipality include handcrafts, tourism, transportation, commerce and administration. Forty three percent work in commerce and services, 32% in handcrafts and other industries, and 21% in administrative and professional services. Less than one percent work in agriculture. The town has been a ceramics center since the pre Hispanic period.
Unlike Tlaquepaque, the town of Tonalá has not been geared for tourists in the sense of hotels, restaurant and scenic streets. This market can have from between 3,500 and 4,000 vendors, especially during the Christmas and Holy Week holidays when tourism is highest in Mexico.
See also
- Ceramics of Jalisco
- Municipalities of Mexico
- Metropolitan areas of Mexico
References
- Ayuntamiento de Tonalá Official website
- Handcraft producers in Tonalá
- Handcraft producers in Tonalá
- Exhibition of Tonalá artists in New York
- www.elclima.com.mx