23 Facts About Guanajuato

Guanajuato is between the arid north of the country and the lusher south, and is geographically part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, the Mexican Plateau.

Guanajuato is in the center of Mexico, northwest of Mexico City, bordering Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Michoacan, Queretaro, and Jalisco.

The first Spanish expedition to visit the Guanajuato area, led by Cristobal de Olid in 1522, arrived in the Yuririhapundaro and Penjamo areas.

The discovery of silver and gold in the area of the city of Guanajuato spurred Spanish settlement of the area in the 1520s and 1530s.

The height of mining came in the 18th century, mostly from the mines in the hills around the city of Guanajuato, leading to the construction of a large number of notable civil and religious buildings in the same area.

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In 1824, Guanajuato was officially proclaimed a state of Mexico by the Constitutional Congress of Mexico.

In 1855, Conservative Manuel Doblado, then the governor of Guanajuato, forced Juan Alvarez out of the presidency after he took power from Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

In 1858, the government under President Benito Juarez moved from Mexico City to the city of Guanajuato before moving again to Manzanillo and then Veracruz during the Reform War.

The Guanajuato congress has asked for help against the theft of religious art in the state, which has the third highest incidence of such.

Guanajuato has the fourth lowest number of people who can speak an indigenous language.

Since that time, Guanajuato has had a significant rise in violent crime, the second highest homicide rate in the nation, with Mexican President Lopez Obrador calling out the state's attorney general for inaction on the matter.

The Guanajuato government believes that by 2016 there will be five thousand families installed in the region.

Guanajuato is visited for its colonial architecture and its role in Mexico's history, especially during the War of Independence.

Many of the dishes that are traditionally eaten in Guanajuato are regional variations of dishes known in other parts such as carnitas, tamales, birria and pozole.

The first indigenous master baker in Guanajuato was Abraham de Silva Cuin, who, in 1526, began to make breads in unique forms and flavors.

Uniqueness of the state of Guanajuato even led Disney's Coco team to be inspired by the city.

Guanajuato is home or place of origin of three important painters: Diego Rivera, Jose Chavez Morado and Olga Costa.

Guanajuato initially worked with Jose Clemente Orozco, who impressed him both with art as well as politics.

Guanajuato's was born in Leipzig, Germany but she and her family moved to Mexico when she was very young.

Guanajuato's is best known for founding the Galeria Espiral and co-founder of the Sociedad de Arte Moderno and the Salon de Plastica Mexicana.

Guanajuato's best known work is Los caifanes, produced as a movie in 1966.

Guanajuato's donated a fifth of her fortune to it and worked to obtain donations from other wealthy families in the city.

Guanajuato has the research centers CIMAT, CINVESTAV, CRODE, CIATEC, CIO, CICSUG, CIQI, IIBE, IIEDUG, IIC, IIM, INIFAP, and the laboratories CFE LAPEM and LANGEBIO.