 The Guadalajara metropolitan area is the second most populous metropolitan area in the country and has six central and three exterior municipalities.The central municipalities are Guadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, Tlajomulco de Zúñiga and El Salto, Jalisco.The exterior municipalities are Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Juanacatlán and Zapotlanejo.