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Ajijic (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ) is a town about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west from the town of Chapala, part of the municipality (also named Chapala), in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. It is situated on the north shore of Lake Chapala, surrounded by mountains. Ajijic enjoys a moderate climate year-round.
Chapala (Spanish: ⓘ) is a town and municipality in the central Mexican state of Jalisco, located on the north shore of Lake Chapala, Mexico's largest freshwater lake. According to the 2015 census, its population is 50,738 for the municipality. [2] The municipality includes about 11,000 in the town of Ajijic.
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The city of Guadalajara has relied on Lake Chapala as a principal source of water since the 1950s. [2] Shortly after, a few consecutive years of poor rainfall dramatically decreased the water level of the lake. The level rebounded until 1979, when Lake Chapala's water level began rapidly decreasing due to increases in urban water consumption.
An estimated 30,000 foreign residents live along the shores of Lake Chapala. [70] Today, Lake Chapala is popular as a weekend getaway for residents of Guadalajara. [16] The Lake is a tourist attraction on which people sail, fish and jet ski. The Lake is surrounded by a number of towns including Chapala, Jocotepec, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos ...
Chapala may refer to: Chapala, Jalisco, a town in the Mexican state of Jalisco, on the northern shore of Lake Chapala; Lake Chapala, the largest freshwater lake in Mexico, in the states of Jalisco and Michoacán; Chapala, a 1899 painting by Félix Bernardelli; Cyclone Chapala, a powerful tropical cyclone occurring in the Arabian Sea during the ...
Perhaps as early as 100 BC, nomadic bands of Indians passed through the Lake Chapala Valley. Some moved on, others settled on the shore. Some moved on, others settled on the shore. Jocotepec, once Xuxutepeque, a small fishing village at the western end of the Lake, became a permanent home for the Nahua Indians in 1361.