Guanajuato (state)
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Capital | Guanajuato | |
surface | 30,608 km² (rank 22 ) | |
population | 5,486,372 (Rank 6 ) | |
Population density | 179 inhabitants per km² (2010 census) |
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governor |
Diego Sinhue Rodríguez Vallejo ( PAN ) (2018-2024) |
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Federal MPs |
PAN = 12 PRD = 2 MC = 1 (15 federal constituencies) |
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Senators |
PAN = 2 morena = 1 |
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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 |
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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 .
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Coordinates: 20 ° 53 ′ N , 101 ° 1 ′ W