El Salto, Jalisco

El Salto
Municipality and city

Coat of arms

Location of the municipality in Jalisco
El Salto

Location in Mexico

Coordinates: 20°51′13″N 103°18′14″W / 20.85361°N 103.30389°W / 20.85361; -103.30389Coordinates: 20°51′13″N 103°18′14″W / 20.85361°N 103.30389°W / 20.85361; -103.30389
Country  Mexico
State Jalisco
Area
  Total 41.5 km2 (16.0 sq mi)
Population (2005)
  Total 111,436

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 of area of 41.50 km² with a population of 111,436. 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 escision from the municipality of Juanacatlán.

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