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Guanajuato is in the center of Mexico, northwest of Mexico City, bordering Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Michoacán, Querétaro, and Jalisco. It is the 20th-largest of Mexico's states, with an area of 30,589 km 2. [12]
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 ...
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.
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 ...
In that same year, León even separated for a time from the rest of the state of Guanajuato. [11] In 1862, the bishopric of León was founded, separating the city of León and nine other municipalities such as Irapuato, Guanajuato and Dolores Hidalgo from the bishopric of Michoacán. Bishop Diez de Sollano opened the Conciliar Seminary in 1864.
02-8082722. Church and the Statue of Hidalgo. Dolores Hidalgo (Spanish: [doˈloɾes iˈðalɣo] ⓘ; in full, Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional, English: Dolores Hidalgo Birthplace of [Mexican] National Independence) is the name of a city and the surrounding municipality in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato.
A mummy, 2009. 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 ...
San Andrés de Salvatierra was founded under the order of Spanish viceroy Don Garcia Sarmiento de Sotomayor, 2nd Count of Salvatierra and Marquis of Sobroso, on February 9, 1644. [5] In 1646 the town was granted the title of city, becoming the first city in the state of Guanajuato. [6]