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Zapopan

American  
[zah-poh-pahn, ‑-pan, zah-paw-pahn] / ˌzɑ poʊˈpɑn, ‑ˈpæn, ˌzɑ pɔˈpɑn /

noun

  1. a city in Jalisco, SW Mexico, NW of Guadalajara.


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“We want people to know about what goes on in Mexico,” said Héctor Flores, co-founder of Light of Hope, whose volunteers uncovered a human skull in a Zapopan ravine last week.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

He was buried Monday in a gold-colored coffin in a cemetery near the military base in Zapopan.

From Barron's Mar. 6, 2026

But the salon's location in the wealthy Zapopan area of Guadalajara has raised questions about the motive for the crime.

From BBC May 15, 2025

Lara came to the U.S. in 1992 from Zapopan, a town in the state of Jalisco, Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2024

"According to preliminary information, the findings...in Zapopan coincided with the physical characteristics of some of the young people being searched for," the statement said.

From Reuters Jun. 2, 2023

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