Guadalajara

Guadalajara
City
Ciudad de Guadalajara City of Guadalajara
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Nickname(s):  Spanish: La Perla de Occidente (English: The Pearl of the West), Spanish: La Ciudad de las Rosas (English: The City of Roses)
Motto(s):  Spanish: Somos más por Guadalajara, (English: We are more for Guadalajara)
Location of Guadalajara within Jalisco
Guadalajara
Coordinates: 20°40′36″N 103°20′51″W
Country	Mexico
State	Jalisco
Region	Centro
Municipality	Guadalajara
Foundation	February 14, 1542
Founded by	Cristóbal de Oñate
Government
• Mayor	Ramiro Hernández García (PRI)
Area
• City	151 km2 (58 sq mi)
• Metro	2,734 km2 (1,056 sq mi)
Elevation	1,566 m (5,138 ft)
Population  (2010)
• City	1,495,189
• Density	10,361/km2 (26,830/sq mi)
• Metro	4,424,252
• Metro density	1,583/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
• Demonym	Tapatío guadalajarense
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Website	www.guadalajara.gob.mx

Guadalajara is a city in Mexico. Over three and a half million people live there. It is the third-largest city in Mexico. It is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco. It is in Western Mexico and is over 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level. Guadalajara is a major Latin American city in terms of industry, tourism, and culture. A famous soccer team called Chivas Guadalajara plays there.

In 2011 Guadalajara hosted the Panamerican Games and Plans to bid for the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. In 2005 Guadalajara was called the City of Culture 2005. Guadalajara is home to a largely celebrated culture of "New Modern Mexico". Guadalajara is also known for Mariachi (a form of folk music) and Baile Folklórico, traditional Mexican dances.

Etymology

The first name comes from Nahuatl, Atemaxac by Atemajac Valley and means "place of the down waters". Site when was founded Guadalaxara by Spaniards.

The municipal seat is the city of Guadalaxara, although both the town and municipality are commonly referred to as simply "Guadalajara". The city is named after Guadalajara, Spain, is Moorish arabic etymology. The conquistador Cristóbal de Oñate named the city in honor of the conqueror of western Mexico, Nuño de Guzmán, who was born in Guadalajara, Spain, which is derived from Moorish Arabic وادي الحجارة (wādī al-ḥajārah), which means 'Valley of the Stones', or 'Fortress Valley'.

History

It spans a period of 475 years. After the victory at Tonalá (which occurred on March 25, 1530), Nuño de Guzmán enjoyed the tribute and homage of all the communities in the Atemajac Valley, where the capital of Jalisco is located today. The conquistador even aspired to be named by Charles I of Spain as the first Marquis of the Tonalá Valley. However, the city had four settlements before settling in the capital. Initially, it was in Nochistlán, in the place known as El Zapote, today called San Juan. It was founded by Cristóbal de Oñate on January 5, 1532, who had been commissioned by Nuño de Guzmán to establish a city that would serve to secure his conquests. The Villa de Guadalajara was founded by 42 residents; the name Guadalajara was taken in memory of the Spanish city of the same name, the birthplace of Nuño de Guzmán. The town didn't last long on this site. With the consent of Guzmán, Juan de Oñate (son of Cristóbal de Oñate), Miguel de Ibarra, and Sancho Ortiz, they planned to move it on May 19, 1533. Thus, by August 8, 1533, Guadalajara was in its second settlement.

Geography

Climate

Guadalajara City is in the tropics. But because its elevation is so high, it has a subtropical highland climate (Cwb in the Köppen climate classification). This means temperatures are warm or mild year-round. It is a lot wetter in the summer than in the winter. Some parts of the city get frost in the winter.

Education

The University of Guadalajara.

The University of Guadalajara, founded in 1791, is one of the highest ranking universities in Latin America.

The public schools and public universities:

• Universidad de Guadalajara

The city hosts campuses of several private schools, including:

• Universidad La Salle
• Universidad Panamericana
• Universidad UNIVER
• ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara
• Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
• Guadalajara Metropolitan Technological University
• Universidad del Valle de México
• Universidad Marista de Guadalajara
• Universidad Tecnológica de Guadalajara
• Universidad del Valle de Atemajac

Culture

Guadalajara Cathedral.

The cultural movement in Guadalajara is one of the strongest in the Americas. The city has one of the most extensive cultural agendas on the continent, in addition to the interest of the government, the university, and private institutions in exploiting the city's cultural attributes. The city exhibits works by international artists and is a showcase for international cultural events whose sphere of influence reaches most countries in the Americas, as well as the southwestern United States.

Guadalajara is characterized as one of Mexico's iconic cities. This means that its identity has given the country a certain iconographic image, even though mariachi, charrería, and tequila do not originate in Guadalajara, but rather from nearby locations or regions. Over time, however, the city has been stereotyped as the land of these cultural manifestations and has adopted them in its role as the capital of the state of Jalisco. However, Guadalajara is the birthplace of cultural expressions such as the "syrup dance" (also known as "syrup dance"), created from flamenco influences in both dance and costume acquired during the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It is also considered one of the richest Mexican cities in artisanal and gastronomic diversity (and formerly in the textile sector).

Sports

The city has two first division soccer teams: Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) and Club Atlas (known as Rojinegros or Zorros). In the Mexican Second Division, there are Club Deportivo Oro and Club Leones Negros of the University of Guadalajara. In the third division, there is Club Deportivo Nacional. In the past, it had other teams, such as the now-defunct Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco.

Related pages

• Jalisco