Lake Chapala

Lake Chapala has been 's largest freshwater since the desiccation of in the early 17th century. It borders both the states of and , being located within the municipalities of , Chapala, , , and Jamay, in , and in Venustiano Carranza and , in .
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Jalisco in Mexico
  • Also known as: Laguna de Chapala

Lake Chapala

Latitude
20.26067° or 20° 15′ 38″ north
Longitude
-103.02702° or 103° 1′ 37″ west
Elevation
1,518 metres (4,980 feet)
Open location code
75GR7X6F+75
Geo­Names ID
3977024
Wiki­data ID
Q318350
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Satellite Map

Discover Lake Chapala from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Lake Chapala” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Չապալա լիճ
  • Azerbaijani: Çapala gölü
  • Basque: Chapala aintzira
  • Belarusian: Чапала
  • Catalan: Llac Chapala
  • Catalan: Llac de Chapala
  • Chinese: 查帕拉湖
  • Chuvash: Чапала
  • Croatian: Chapala
  • Czech: Chapala
  • Czech: Lago de Chapala
  • Dutch: Chapalameer
  • Dutch: Lago de Chapala
  • Egyptian Arabic: بحيره تشاپالا
  • Esperanto: Ĉapala-Lago
  • Esperanto: Ĉapalaa Lago
  • Esperanto: Ĉapalao
  • Esperanto: Lago de Chapala
  • Estonian: Chapala järv
  • Finnish: Chapalajärvi
  • French: lac de Chapala
  • French: Lac de Chapala
  • Georgian: ჩაპალა
  • German: Chapala-See
  • German: Chapalasee
  • German: Lago de Chapala
  • Hebrew: אגם צ’פלה
  • Hungarian: Chapalai-tó
  • Igbo: Ọdọ Mmiri Chapala
  • Italian: lago di Chapala
  • Italian: Lago di Chapala
  • Japanese: チャパラ湖
  • Korean: 차팔라호
  • Latvian: Čapalas ezers
  • Lithuanian: Čapala
  • Lithuanian: Čapalos ežeras
  • Macedonian: Чапала
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Chapalasjøen
  • Norwegian: Chapalasjøen
  • Polish: Chapala
  • Portuguese: Lago de Chapala
  • Russian: Чапала
  • Serbian: Čapala
  • Serbian: Lago de Chapala
  • Serbian: Језеро Чапала
  • Serbian: Чапала
  • Spanish: Lago de Chapala
  • Spanish: Lala
  • Ukrainian: Чапала
  • Venetian: lago de Chapala
  • Welsh: Llyn Chapala
  • Wu Chinese: 查帕拉湖

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lake Chapala”. Photo: Davalemacmar, CC BY-SA 3.0.