Cortazar, Guanajuato
City and municipality in Mexico
Cortazar
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City and municipality
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Coordinates: 20°28′59″N 100°57′47″W / 20.48302°N 100.96316°W / 20.48302; -100.96316 | |
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• City | 10.29 km 2 (3.97 sq mi) |
• Municipality | 335.2 km 2 (129.4 sq mi) |
Population
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• City | 69,371 |
• Density | 6,700/km 2 (17,000/sq mi) |
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• Municipality density | 290/km 2 (760/sq mi) |
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Cortazar is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the southeastern quadrant of the state of Guanajuato in Mexico . It is bordered to the north by Villagrán , to the north and east by Celaya , to the southeast by Tarimoro , to the south by Salvatierra , and to the west by Jaral del Progreso and Salamanca . The city had a 2005 census population of 57,748, while the municipality had a population of 83,175. [2] [3] The municipality has an area of 335.2 km² (129.4 sq mi) and includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are Tierra Fría to the west and La Cañada de Caracheo to the south.
In pre-Columbian times the region was inhabited primarily by Otomí and Nahuas people. Founded in 1721 by Franciscan friars , the village of San José de los Amoles was under the order of the congress of Guanajuato given the present name of Cortázar in 1857 after Luis Cortazar y Rábago , a Mexican patriot and leader of Mexico's war of independence against Spain .
The municipal president of the city and its microregions is Elías Ruiz Ramírez of the National Action Party, since 2009. [4]
References
- ↑ Citypopulation.de
- ↑ "2005 Census" . INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática . Archived from the original on 2013-04-06 . Retrieved 2007-03-22 .
- ↑ "Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia" . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . Archived from the original on 2007-03-17 . Retrieved 2007-03-22 .
- ↑ "Información General" . Archived from the original on 2007-07-03 . Retrieved 2007-06-23 .
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Guanajuato Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
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