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Tonalá
City and municipality in Jalisco, Mexico

Tonalá

Tonalá is a city and municipality within the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area in the state of Jalisco in Mexico.

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With a population of 442,440, it is the fourth largest city in the state, the other three being the other major population centres in the metro area: Guadalajara, Zapopan, and Tlaquepaque. It is best known as a major handcrafts center for Jalisco, especially pottery, as well as its very large Thursday and Sunday street market, dedicated to handcrafts.

How locals move

Getting around Tonalá the local way

  • Get aroundMetropolitan Area Mass Transit System (Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Zona Metropolitana) is the local transit authority.
  • Get aroundTour operators use luxury buses (such as Turquesa, Tour and Cardenal).

From Wikivoyage: Guadalajara, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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