Lake Chapala
Lake Chapala has been Mexico's largest freshwater lake since the desiccation of Lake Texcoco in the early 17th century. It borders both the states of Jalisco and Michoacán, being located within the municipalities of Ocotlán, Chapala, Jocotepec, Poncitlán, and Jamay, in Jalisco, and in Venustiano Carranza and Cojumatlán de Régules, in Michoacán.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Jalisco in Mexico
- Also known as: “Laguna de Chapala”
Lake Chapala
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jalisco, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Satellite Map
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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
Explore places such as Azaleas and San Pedro.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Isla de Mezcala and Cerro Punta Grande.
Jalisco: Must-Visit Destinations
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