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The largest municipality by land area is San Felipe which spans 3,014.92 km 2 (1,164.07 sq mi), and the smallest is Pueblo Nuevo which spans 60.05 km 2 (23.18 sq mi). [2] The first state constitution, Constitución Política del Estado Libre de Guanajuato, resulted in the formation of the first 17 municipalities in Guanajuato on April 15, 1826.
The metropolitan area of León [2] is the seventh most populated metropolitan area in Mexico, with nearly 1,609,717 inhabitants. [3] It includes the core city of León, Guanajuato, with a population of 1,436,733. [4]
Plaza de la Paz and the Basílica colegiata de Nuestra Señora de Guanajuato (2009) The center of the modern city is Plaza de la Paz (Plaza of Peace), also known as Plaza Mayor (Main Plaza). Since the colonial period, the richest of the city's families built their main homes here, along with government buildings and the parish church, now a ...
City Manuel Doblado is a Mexican municipality located in the State of Guanajuato, Mexico.Its municipal seat is the city of the same name. City Manuel Doblado has an area of 810.43 square kilometres (2.67% of the surface of the State) and is bordered to the north by Romita, Purísima del Rincón and San Francisco del Rincón, to the southeast by Cuerámaro, to the south by Pénjamo, and to the ...
Salamanca (Otomi: Xidoo "Place of Tepetate") is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato.. The city was founded on January 1, 1603, as 'Villa de Salamanca' by the Viceroy Gaspar de Zúñiga, fifth Count of Monterrey, who was originally from Salamanca ().
The Casa del Marqués de Jaral de Berrio was constructed at the end of the 17th century as well as the Casa de los Condes de Loja. [9] The Museo Interactivo Fragua de la Independencia (Fire of Independence Interactive Museum) is dedicated to the Mexican War of Independence and San Miguel's role in it.
Since 2004 the city has hosted the headquarters of Rally Mexico located at the Centro de Convenciones Poliforum Leon, which is one round of the World Rally Championship. Thousands of fans camp at the nearby Sierra de Lobos and Sierra de Guanajuato mountains to watch the rally; the service park is also located and visited by fans at the ...
Valle de Santiago is a municipio (municipality) in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, and also the name of its largest township and cabecera municipal (municipal seat). The municipality is located in the southern portion of the state in the Bajío region of central Mexico, and has an area of some 819.6 square kilometres (316.4 sq mi).