Jalisco

Capital - Other Cities and Attractions

Location: western part of Mexico
Area: 80:836 sq.km
Population: 6:322,002 inhabitants

The Jalisco name come from the Nahuatl term xalisco which means "sandy place".

Jalisco's indigenous population consists principally of Huicholes, Coras and Tepehuanes who, for the most part, still conserve their native languages and colorful dress.

Jalisco's capital is the buzzing metropolis of Guadalajara - a mix of colonial splendor and modernity. Others of its largest cities include Puerto Vallarta on Banderas Bay, the city of Tequila at the heart of Jalisco's tequila producing region, Ciudad Guzmán, Lagos de Moreno, San Juan de los Lagos and Tlaquepaque and Zapopan which form part of the greater Guadalajara metropolitan area.