Jalisco

Jalisco is one of the states of the United Mexican States (Mexico). Jalisco has an area of about 79,085 km² and is currently disputing some municipalities with neighboring states.

Jalisco borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the Mexican states of Nayarit to the north west, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi to the north, Guanajuato to the east, and Colima and Michoacan to the south. In 2003 Jalisco had an estimated population of 6,487,000 people. ISO 3166-2 is MX-JAL.

The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara. Jalisco also includes the cities of Ajijic, Chapala, Guzmán, Juarez, Puerto Vallarta, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, and Zapopan.