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Most of the population is Mestizo (mixed [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] and [[White]]-Spaniards) and Criollo (people from direct Euro-Spanish origin), there is, however, a large amount of people of [[Germans|German]], [[Slavic peoples|Slavic]], and [[French people|French]] ancestry as well {{Fact|date=February 2007}}, since during the French intervention (1863-1867) these different cultures were mixed; the great majority of the population possesses both Criollo and Mestizo characteristics. This historical mixing was the reason for the title: "The exotic Creoles of Latin America" as people from Guadalajara are known. Throughout the years, there have been joining more European, US American, Canadian, Argentinian, Brazilian, [[Ashkenazi]] and [[Sephardic]] Jews, and Japanese and Chinese people, who settled the former Chinese neighborhood located in the center of the city (Mexicaltzingo and San Juan de Dios areas). In Guadalajara only a low percentage of people corresponds to pure indigenous population, the majority of [[Nahuatl]], [[Hñähñu]] and [[Huichol]] (Wixrarika) speech. There is an important [[United States|US American]] community in nearby Ajijic. A relatively important international Christian church (''Iglesia de la Luz del Mundo'') has its headquarters in this city. Although Tapatios are best known as conservative, tolerance to a diversity of beliefs and preferences is increasing.{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
Celebrities born in Guadalajara include engineer [[Guillermo González Camarena]], who developed the first color TV screen in the 1930s; engineer [[Jorge Matute Remus]], who moved the telephone company building in 1950 with workers inside, Pritzker architecture prize recepient [[Luis Barragan]], film star [[Gael García Bernal]], tennis player [[Antonio Palafox]], golf player [[Lorena Ochoa]], football player [[Oswaldo Sanchez]], folk singers [[Pedro Fernandez]], [[Vicente Fernández]] and [[Alejandro Fernández]] (Vicente Fernández's son), film director [[Guillermo del Toro]], and rock band [[Maná]].
==Economy==
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