El Salto, Jalisco
El Salto | |
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Municipality and city | |
El Salto de Juanacatlán, circa 1909 | |
Location of the municipality in Jalisco | |
| Coordinates: 20°30′58″N 103°10′42″W / 20.51605°N 103.17835°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Jalisco |
| Area | |
• Total | 92.75 km2 (35.81 sq mi) |
| • City | 6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 232,852 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi) |
| • City | 27,876 |
| • City density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Website | www |
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El Salto is a city, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the central region of the Mexican state of Jalisco.
The municipality covers a surface area of 92.75 km2 (35.81 sq mi) with a population of 232,852. It is surrounded, in a clockwise direction from the north, by the municipalities of Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Juanacatlán, and Tlajomulco de Zúñiga. It was created on 22 December 1943, with its excision from the municipality of Juanacatlán.