Atemajac de Brizuela

Atemajac de Brizuela is a municipality and small town in the southeast sierra of Jalisco, Mexico, 64 km southwest of Guadalajara, between Highways 80 and 401. The municipality had a population of 6,367 in 2014.

Brizuela
Municipality and town
Municipality of Brizuela in Jalisco
Brizuela
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 20°11′N 103°42′W
Country Mexico
StateJalisco
Area
  Total355.8 km2 (137.4 sq mi)
  Town3.96 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Total7,758
  Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
  Town
6,434
  Town density1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (US Central))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (Central (US Central))

The town received some notice in July 2008 in the nationally syndicated American comic strip Gil Thorp as the place to which Milford High baseball player—an undocumented immigrant—Elmer Vargas is deported.

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