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  2. Guanajuato - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of the state is that of the city of Guanajuato, as granted by Carlos I of Spain [25] (r. 1516–1556 ). In 1590 the Villa de San Luis de la Paz was founded and named after the peace ( paz ) treaty between the Spanish and the Chichimeca. [ 26 ]

  3. Timeline of Guanajuato City - Wikipedia

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    The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Guanajuato, Mexico This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  4. Nueva Galicia - Wikipedia

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    Pre-conquest ethno-demographic map of the area that was to become 'New Galicia" Spanish exploration of the area began in 1531 with Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán's expedition. . He named the main city founded in the area Villa de Guadalajara after his birthplace and called the area he conquered "la Conquista del Espíritu Santo de la Mayor España" ("the Conquest of the Holy Spirit of Greater Spain

  5. Pénjamo - Wikipedia

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    The motto of the city is " M. Hidalgo Cradle", because in 1753, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the Father of the Mexican Motherland, was born in the Hacienda of Corralejo near the city. Pénjamo was approved by the Congress of Union of the United Mexican States, Pénjamo's Metropolitan Zone Pénjamo - La Piedad which there is placed in the ...

  6. List of Mexican state name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The state takes its name from its capital city, Colima City. Durango: Basque: The state is named after its capital city, Durango City, which was named after the city of Durango in the Basque Country, northern Spain. During colonial times it was part of the Spanish realm of Nueva Vizcaya, "New Biscay", a province of New Spain. Guanajuato: Purépecha

  7. Guanajuato (city) - Wikipedia

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    Guanajuato City has reached twin town and sister city agreements with a substantial number of cities for a relatively small city in a Mexican context (123rd largest city in 2015). [71] The most iconic and visible relationship is that with Ashland. [72] The rest of the sister city relationships are comparatively quite inactive. [72]

  8. Alhóndiga de Granaditas - Wikipedia

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    The Alhóndiga de Granaditas (Regional Museum of Guanajuato) (public grain exchange) is an old grain storage building in Guanajuato City, Mexico. This historic building was created to replace an old grain exchange near the city's river. The name Alhóndiga translates roughly from both Arabic and Spanish as grain market or warehouse.

  9. Celaya - Wikipedia

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    Celaya (Spanish 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.