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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]
Aldama (Guanajuato) San Lorenzo (Guanajuato) Puruagua; La Aldea (Guanajuato) Santa Ana del Conde; Guadalupe de Jalpa; San Rafael de Villaseñor (Pénjamo) La Purísima (Guanajuato) Dolores Hidalgo; San Diego de la Unión; Atotonilco (Guanajuato) Plantilla:Mapa de localización de Guanajuato; Obrajuelo; Mineral de Pozos; Casacuarán; Las Jícamas
With a population of about 129 million in 2022, [5] Mexico is the 10th most populated country in the world.It is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world and the third-most populous country in the Americas after the United States and Brazil, [6] the most populous city in the country is the capital, Mexico City, with a population of 9.2 million and its metropolitan area is also the ...
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 town remained in royalist hands until the end of the Mexican War of Independence, when Agustín de Iturbide arrived. [10] The town did not celebrate its first Grito de Dolores to mark independence until 1825. In 1827 it became one of the four "departments" of the newly created state of Guanajuato, and in 1830, it gained city status. [11]
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]