Atemajac de Brizuela

Brizuela
Municipality and town
Municipality of Brizuela in Jalisco
Municipality of Brizuela in Jalisco
Brizuela is located in Mexico
Brizuela
Brizuela
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°11′N 103°42′W / 20.183°N 103.700°W / 20.183; -103.700
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Area
 • Total355.8 km2 (137.4 sq mi)
 • Town3.96 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total7,758
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
 • Town
6,434
 • Town density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-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.

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Atemajac de Brizuela municipality with localities