Guanajuato (state)

Guanajuato
Capital	Guanajuato
surface	30,608 km² (rank 22 )
population	5,486,372 (Rank 6 )
Population density	179 inhabitants per km² (2010 census)
governor	Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo ( PAN ) (2018-2024)
Federal MPs	PAN = 12 PRD = 2 MC = 1 (15 federal constituencies)
Senators	PAN = 2 morena = 1
ISO 3166-2	MX-GUA
Postal abbreviation	Gto.
Website	www.guanajuato.gob.mx

The state of Guanajuato ( gwanaˈxwato ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( Spanish Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato ), is located in the north-central part of Mexico . It has 4,855,000 inhabitants on 30,491 km². The capital is Guanajuato .

Guanajuato is one of the economically most dynamic states , whose growth rates are regularly above the national average. The major industrial cities of León , Acámbaro , Irapuato and Celaya are located in this state.

Due to the high silver deposits , Guanajuato was one of the first areas to be colonized by the Spanish in the 1520s , after central Mexico and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico . Even today, the Guanajuato silver mines are among the most productive in the world. In addition to silver, tin , gold , copper , lead , mercury and opals are also mined.

Population development

year	population
1950	1,328,712
1960	1,735,490
1970	2,270,370
1980	3.006.110
1990	3,982,593
1995	4,406,568
2000	4,663,032
2005	4,893,812
2010	5,486,372
2015	5,853,677

structure

The state is divided into 5 geographic regions:

• Los Altos or Llanos Arribeños
• La Sierra Gorda
• La Sierra Central
• El Bajío
• Valles Abajeños or Valles del Sur

Politically, Guanajuato is divided into 46 municipalities .

Web links

Wikivoyage: Guanajuato (state)  - travel guide

• http://www.guanajuato.gob.mx
• http://citypopulation.de/Mexico-Cities and States_d.html

Coordinates: 20 ° 53 ′  N , 101 ° 1 ′  W