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Puerta de Hierro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾta ðe ˈʝero]) ("Iron Gate" in English) is a neighborhood in Zapopan, Mexico, [1] as part of the metropolitan area of Guadalajara. It was developed through a joint venture by the Leaño family, owners of the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and the Gómez Flores family, owners of GIG, Minsa ...
Guadalajara was also the venue to the Encuentro Internacional de Promotores y Gestores Culturales in 2005. The 2011 Pan American Games were staged and Guadalajara was named the American Capital of Culture in 2005 as well as the Ciudad Educadora in 2006. Guadalajara has been recognized as Mexico's first Smart City due to its use of developing ...
The Guadalajara metropolitan area (officially, in Spanish: Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara) [2] is the most populous metropolitan area of the Mexican state of Jalisco and the third largest in the country after Greater Mexico City and Monterrey.
As of 2020, the state population was 8,348,151, [42] the third most populated federal entity in Mexico—after the State of Mexico and Mexico City—with 6.5% of Mexico's total population. [ 34 ] [ 43 ] Over half of the state's population lives in the Guadalajara metro area .
Los Altos are part of the greater Bajío (The Lowlands) region of Mexico. The Altos are primarily a rural or semi-rural region, known for its towns of historic Mexican colonial architecture , deep Catholic conservatism and numerous Mexican traditions such as equestrianism, mariachi music , tequila production, and traditional Mexican dances and ...
Mercado Libertad, better known as Mercado San Juan de Dios (San Juan de Dios Market) is located in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is the largest indoor market in Latin America [ 1 ] with an area of 40,000 m 2 (430,000 sq ft).
The La Lagunilla market was established and named after the La Lagunilla neighborhood, just outside the historic center of Mexico City. In the pre Hispanic era, this land was a small lagoon, which connected to the larger Lake Texcoco. This lagoon was important as docks for barges bringing merchandise into the Tlatelolco market. [3]
Tonalá (Spanish pronunciation:) 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.