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Guanajuato (city) Guanajuato (Spanish pronunciation: [gwanaˈxwato], Otomi: Ndänuë) is a municipality in central Mexico and the capital of the state of the same name. It is part of the macroregion of the Bajío. [2] It is located in a narrow valley, which makes its streets narrow and winding. Most are alleys that cars cannot pass through, and ...
Guanajuato (Spanish pronunciation: [gwanaˈxwato] ⓘ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato.
1554 - Guanajuato founded. [1] [2]1558 - Mine shaft in operation, per Spaniards. [3]1679 - Town charter granted. [4]1732 - Hospice of the Holy Trinity founded. 1741 - Guanajuato attains city status.
Municipalities of Guanajuato. Guanajuato is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 46 municipalities. [1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Guanajuato is the sixth most populous state with 6,166,934 inhabitants and the 22nd largest by land area spanning 30,691.61 square kilometres (11,850.10 sq mi). [1][2] Municipalities in ...
Mexico. Guanajuato. (2020 Census) León (Spanish pronunciation: [leˈon]), officially León de Los Aldama, is the most populous city and municipal seat of the municipality of León in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. In the 2020 Intercensal Survey, INEGI reported 1,721,626 people living in the municipality of León, [ 1 ] making it the fourth ...
San Miguel de Allende (Spanish pronunciation: [san miˈɣel de aˈʎende]) is the principal city in the municipality of San Miguel de Allende, located in the far eastern part of Guanajuato, Mexico. A part of the Bajío region, [5] the town lies 274 km (170 mi) from Mexico City, 86 km (53 mi) from Querétaro and 97 km (60 mi) from the state ...
The Mummies of Guanajuato are a number of naturally mummified bodies originally interred in Guanajuato, Mexico. The human bodies appear to have been disinterred between 1870 and 1958. During that time, a local tax was in place requiring a fee to be paid for "perpetual" burial. Some bodies for which the tax was not paid were disinterred, and ...
Celaya (; pronunciation ⓘ, Otomi: Ndathi) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state.It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413.