El Salto, Jalisco

El Salto
Municipality and city
El Salto de Juanacatlán, circa 1909
El Salto de Juanacatlán, circa 1909
Coat of arms of El Salto
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
Location of the municipality in Jalisco
El Salto is located in Mexico
El Salto
El Salto
Location in Mexico
El Salto is located in Jalisco
El Salto
El Salto
El Salto (Jalisco)
Coordinates: 20°30′58″N 103°10′42″W / 20.51605°N 103.17835°W / 20.51605; -103.17835
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Area
 • Total92.75 km2 (35.81 sq mi)
 • City6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1][2]
 • Total232,852
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
 • City
27,876
 • City density4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Websitewww.elsalto.gob.mx

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.[3]

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of El Salto municipality with localities
  2. ^ "Catálogo Localidades".
  3. ^ "Chronology of El Salto" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.