Tlajomulco de Zúñiga is the municipal seat and third most populous city in the municipality of the same name, located in the state of Jalisco in central-western Mexico. It forms part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, lying to the southeast of it. The municipality covers an area of 636.93 km2. it had a population of 416,626,2010 census tables: INEGI with a total urban population of 378,965.

Its name is interpreted from Nahuatl as "Land in the Corner."

As it is part of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, it has an industrial base and is a large commercial area. Guadalajara International Airport is located in the municipality.

Towns and villages

The municipality has the distinction of being the only one in Mexico with seven cities (localities) of over 25,000 inhabitants. It is also the only one with 20 localities of over 10,000 inhabitants. (Tijuana Municipality, Baja California and Chalco Municipality, State of Mexico both have nine.) The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are: Name 2020 Census Population Hacienda Santa Fe 139,174 San Agustín 49,402 Tlajomulco de Zúñiga 44,103 Lomas del Sur 37,146 Santa Cruz del Valle 30,849 San Sebastián el Grande 28,770 Fraccionamiento Villas de la Hacienda 28,276 Fraccionamiento La Nueva Esperanza II 23,735 Fraccionamiento Real del Valle (El Paraíso) 20,465 El Capul%C3%ADn 20,078 Cajititl%C3%A1n 17,818 Colinas del Roble 17,163 La Tijera 16,176 Lomas de San Agustín 14,616 Valle Dorado Inn 13,037 Santa Cruz de las Flores 12,233 Total Municipality 727,750

Toponymy The name Tlajomulco comes from the Nahuatl (land), (corner) and (place), which is interpreted as: "Land in the corner".

History

The area was conquered in 1530 by Nuño de Guzmán at the same time that the Indians of Tonalá were conquered. During the Viceroyalty of New Spain it was divided into the district of Nueva Galicia and was composed almost completely of the indigenous people who in turn were peasants.

During the following century it changed administrative functions and not until the 27 July 1939 did it get the name Tlajomulco de Zúñiga in honor of General Eugenio Zúñiga (native of Tlajomulco), and was converted into a leading municipality.

Its historical background dates back to the time when the Nahua people were here. The region of Tlajomulco belonged to the lordship of Tonallan and the inhabitants were called Tlajomulcas. In 1266, during the time of the King Tlajomulpilli, the town became powerful, dominating what today is known as Tala, Acatlán and other nearby towns. Tlajomulco was founded with the authority of Lord De Tonalá, in appreciation to Pitláloc, Copaya, Pilili and Totoch, for resisting the invasion of the Purépecha. In the first half of the 16th century, Coyotl being a tyrant, suppressed the people of Cuyutlán, Cuescomatitlán, Cajititlán, Atlixtac (Santa Anita) and Xuchitlán, with fees until in 1530 it was conquered by Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, who upon arriving in Tlajomulco was well received by the tyrant Coyotl, who he helped in the conquest of Tonalá. The tyrant was baptized this same year and supported Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán and was called Pedro de Guzmán.

Seventeen plastic bags with human remains were found in colonia Chulavista in January 2021. In 2025, María del Carmen Morales, a madre buscadora searching for her missing son, was murdered alongside her other son by unknown gunmen.

Government Municipal presidents Term Municipal presidentPolitical partyNotes1915 Everardo Lares 1915 Marcos Gutiérrez 1915 Jesús Zúñiga 1915 Honorato González 1915 Roberto Graciano 1916 Jesús Zúñiga 1916 Roberto Graciano 1917 Roberto Graciano 1918 Manuel Flores Trigo 1918 Guadalupe Cortés 1919 Luis García Villegas 1919 Jesús Sánchez Guerrero 1920 José Eleno Gámez 1920 Agustín Pineda 1920 Hermenegildo Márquez 1920 Salvador Alcaraz 1920 Pascual Mendoza 1921 Carlos Alcaraz Aguilar 1922 Damián G. Sandoval 1923 Heliodoro Mondragón 1923 Andrés Gómez Tacalo 1924 Alfredo Ortiz 1924 Idelfonso Barocio 1925 Blas Fernández Ibarra 1926 Pedro González Covarrubias 1926 Juvencio Rodríguez 1926 José Zepeda Fonseca 1926 Brígido Díaz Ocaranza 1927 Brígido Díaz Ocaranza 1928 Luis García Villegas 1928 Sabino Aguilar Rivera 1929 Juan Bugarini Márquez 1930 Julio Díaz Ávila PNR 1931 David Tejeda Márquez PNR 1932 Guillermo Díaz Ávila PNR 1932 Isidro B. Trigo PNR 1933 Alejandro Carmona PNR 1933 Leocadio Gabriel PNR 1934 Porfirio Díaz Vidaurri PNR 1934 Apolinar Lares PNR 1935 Ignacio Esquivel PNR 1935 Inocencio Guzmán Flores PNR 1935 Inocencio Guzmán Flores PNR 1936 Anselmo Altamirano PNR 1937 Anselmo Altamirano PNR 1937 Felipe Quezada PNR 1938 Primitivo Casillas PNR 1938 José Fonseca PRM 1939 Juan Fierros López PRM 1940 Heriberto Rivas Pérez PRM 1941-1942 Francisco S. Miranda PRM 1943-1944 Antonio García Sosa PRM 1945-1946 Porfirio Díaz Vidaurri PRM PRI 1947-1948 Silviano García Ortiz PRI 1949-1951 Jesús Sánchez Magaña PRI 1952 Pedro Rodríguez Rentaría PRI 1953 Francisco Robles Ocampo PRI 1954-1955 Pedro Parra Centeno PRI 1956-1957 Narciso García Totolapa PRI 1958 Cipriano García PRI 1959-1961 José Eladio China Guevara PRI 1962-1964 Pedro Parra Centeno PRI 1965-1967 Eliseo Zepeda China PRI 1968-1970 José Refugio China Guevara PRI 1971-1973 Epigmenio Riestra Esquivel PRI 1974-1976 Roberto Villegas Gutiérrez PRI 1977-1979 José Luis Barrera Gómez PRI 1980 Tranquilino Velasco Sánchez PRI 1981-1982 Amparo Ureña Vidal de Villegas PRI 1983-1985 Ernesto Díaz Márquez PRI 1986-1988 Jaime Enrique Michel Velasco PRI 1989 Benjamín Saavedra Martínez PRI 1990-1992 Juan Hernández Rosales PRI 1992-1995 Antonio Sánchez Ramírez PRI 1995-1997 Manuel Guzmán de la Torre PAN 1998-2000 Ernesto Díaz Márquez PRI 2001-2003 Guillermo Sánchez Magaña PRI 01/01/2004-31/12/2006 Andrés Zermeño Barba PAN 01/01/2007-31/12/2009 Antonio Tatengo Ureña PAN 01/01/2010-31/12/2011 Enrique Alfaro Ramírez PRD Applied for a temporary leave, to run for the state government 01/01/2012-30/09/2012 Alberto Uribe Camacho PRD Acting municipal president01/10/2012-27/02/2015 Ismael del Toro Castro PT MC He applied for a temporary leave, to run for the deputation in the local electoral district 7 of Jalisco, which he got28/02/2015-2015 Lucio Miranda Robles PT MC Acting municipal president01/10/2015-28/02/2018 Alberto Uribe Camacho MC (External candidate) He applied for a temporary leave 01/03/2018-15/07/2018 Carlos Jaramillo Gómez MC Acting municipal president16/07/2018-30/09/2018 Alberto Uribe Camacho Morena He moved to Morena political party in February 2018. Resumed01/10/2018-28/02/2021Dirección del Archivo General del Municipio de Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco. a través de la Dirección de Transparencia. Oficio DT/1204/2020 de fecha 29/07/2020. Salvador Zamora Zamora MC Applied for a temporary leave, to run for reelection01/03/2021-2021 César Francisco Padilla Chávez MC Acting municipal president2021-2024 Salvador Zamora Zamora MC He was reelected on 06/06/2021

Notable residents

María del Carmen Morales (1982–2025), Mexican human rights activist who was murdered while searching for her missing son.

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