Guanajuato
state of Mexico
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Guanajuato was established on January 1, 1823. Its capital is Guanajuato.
It had a population of 5.9M in 2015.[1] Its area is 31k.
Its elevation is 2.1k. Its time zone is UTC−06:00.
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mexico[3]
- Country: Mexico[4]
- Head of government: Libia García Muñoz Ledo[5]
- Continent: North America[6]
- Capital: Guanajuato[7]
- Shares border with: San Luis Potosí[8], Querétaro[9], Jalisco[10], Zacatecas[11], Michoacán[12]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Pénjamo Municipality[13]
- Twinned administrative body: Umeå Municipality[14], Santa Fe[15], Hiroshima Prefecture[16], Quetzaltenango[17]
- Legislative body: Congress of Guanajuato[18]
- Postal code: 36, 37, 38xxx[19]
- Part of: Bajío[20]
- Commons category: Guanajuato[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC−06:00[22]
- Inception: January 1, 1823[23]
- Official website: http://www.guanajuato.gob.mx/[24]
- Topic's main category: Category:Guanajuato[25]
- Commons gallery: Guanajuato[26]
- Population: 5,853,677[27], 4,893,812[28], 4,663,032[29], 4,406,568[30], 3,982,593[31], 3,006,110[32], 2,270,370[33], 1,735,490[34], 1,328,712[35], 1,046,490[36], 987,801[37], 860,364[38], 1,081,651[39]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Guanajuato[40]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[42], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[43]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Guanajuato[44]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Guanajuato[45]
- Demonym: Guanajuatense[46]
- Native label: Guanajuato[47]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Guanajuato[48]
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Physical Characteristics
Guanajuato covers an area of 30607.0 km²[49]. Guanajuato sits at an elevation of 2072 m[50].
Why It Matters
Guanajuato has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Guanajuato is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]