Brizuela | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 20°11′N 103°42′W / 20.183°N 103.700°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Jalisco |
Area | |
• Total | 355.8 km2 (137.4 sq mi) |
• Town | 3.96 km2 (1.53 sq mi) |
Population (2020 census)[1] | |
• Total | 7,758 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
• Town | 6,434 |
• Town density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (US Central)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central (US Central)) |
Atemajac de Brizuela is a municipality and small town in the southeast sierra of Jalisco, Mexico, 64 km southwest of Guadalajara, between Highways 80 and 401. The municipality had a population of 6,367 in 2014.
The town received some notice in July 2008 in the nationally syndicated American comic strip Gil Thorp as the place to which Milford High baseball player—an undocumented immigrant—Elmer Vargas is deported.