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Jalisco

Chapala

Chapala is a town on the shores of Lake Chapala in the state of , . Many North Americans reside in this town, attracted by the mild climate and lower Mexican cost of living.
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  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: municipality in the state of Jalisco in Mexico
  • Also known as: “Chapala Municipality” and “Chapala, Jalisco”

Chapala

Latitude
20.2969° or 20° 17′ 49″ north
Longitude
-103.1862° or 103° 11′ 10″ west
Population
50,700
Elevation
1,582 metres (5,190 feet)
Open location code
75GR7RW7+PG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 831386188
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
8582130
Wiki­data ID
Q5260647
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Chapala” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Chapala (conceyu de Méxicu)”
  • Asturian: “Chapala (Jalisco, Méxicu)”
  • Asturian: “Chapala”
  • Asturian: “conceyu de Chapala”
  • Basque: “Chapala (udalerria)”
  • Basque: “Chapala”
  • Catalan: “municipi de Chapala”
  • Cebuano: “Chapala (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Chapala”
  • Chinese: “查帕拉市镇”
  • Dutch: “Chapala”
  • Esperanto: “Chapala”
  • French: “Chapala”
  • Georgian: “ჩაპალა (ხალისკო)”
  • Georgian: “ჩაპალა”
  • German: “Chapala”
  • German: “Municipio Chapala”
  • Italian: “Chapala”
  • Japanese: “チャパラ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chapala”
  • Portuguese: “Chapala”
  • Scots: “Chapala”
  • Serbian: “Општина Чапала”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Chapala, Jalisco”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Chapala”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Chapala”
  • Swedish: “Chapala”
  • Turkish: “Chapala (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Chapala”
  • Vietnamese: “Chapala”
  • “Chapala”
  • “Municipio de Chapala”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Chapala”. Photo: El Ágora, Public domain.