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Map of Mexico with Guanajuato highlighted. 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).
Cities and towns in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. According to Article 23 of the Organic Municipal Law of the State of Guanajuato, the state classifies its settlements as follows: Ciudad (city): At least 20,000 inhabitants. Villa (town): At least 7,000 inhabitants. Pueblo (village): At least 2,500 inhabitants.
On 28 September 1810, Hidalgo arrived at the city of Guanajuato. [26] The town's Spanish and Criollo populations took refuge in the heavily fortified Alhóndiga de Granaditas granary defended by Quartermaster Riaños. [33] Hidalgo's army overwhelmed the defenses in two days and killed an estimated 400–600 men, women and children. [35]
For the Top 100 cities, the following distributions hold as of the 2020 Census. The total population is 57,930,969, 45.97% of Mexico's total. The mean city population is 579,310. The median city in population is Villahermosa. The mean city growth from 2010 to 2020 is 20.77%, compared to a national growth of 12.17%. [1]
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]
1 – Mexico City. 2 - Tijuana. 3 – León. 4 – Puebla. 5 - Ecatepec de Morelos. 6 – Juárez. 7 - Zapopan. 8 - Guadalajara. 9 - Monterrey. 10 - Nezahualcóyotl. The following is a list of the most populous incorporated places in Mexico (municipalities) according to the 2020 Mexican National Census.
In October, a dozen people, six of them women, were killed in an attack on a bar in another Guanajuato city. A similar attack on a bar in another town left 10 dead in September.
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 capital of Guanajuato. [6] The town's name derives from a 16th-century friar, Juan de San Miguel , and a martyr of Mexican Independence , Ignacio Allende , who was born in a house facing the central plaza.