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Guanajuato, state, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Guanajuato Guanajuato gwänähwäˈtō [key], state, 11,805 sq mi (30,575 sq km), W central Mexico, on the…

Guanajuato, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) Guanajuato, city, capital of Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. The city, with an altitude of c.6,600 ft (2,000 m), is situated in the…

Irapuato

(Encyclopedia) Irapuato Irapuato ēräpwäˈtō [key], city, Guanajuato state, W central Mexico, on the Irapuato River. It…

Celaya

(Encyclopedia) Celaya Celaya sāläˈyä [key], city, Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. In a region watered by…

León, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) León, city (1990 pop. 758,270), Guanajuato state, central Mexico. It is located in a fertile river valley c.5,600 ft (1,700 m) high, but with a mild, temperate climate. Frequent floods…

Salamanca, city, Mexico

(Encyclopedia) SalamancaSalamancasälämängˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 206,275), Guanajuato state, W central Mexico. Chiefly an oil center, it also serves as the commercial and distribution point for…

Lerma

(Encyclopedia) LermaLermalārˈmä [key], river, c.350 mi (560 km) long, rising in Mexico state, central Mexico. It flows NW and W through Guanajuato state to Lake Chapala, crossing the part of the…

Querétaro de Arteaga

(Encyclopedia) Querétaro de ArteagaQuerétaro de Arteagakārāˈtärō [key]Querétaro de Arteagaᵺā ärtā-äˈgä [key], state (1990 pop. 1,061,236), 4,432 sq mi (11,479 sq km), central Mexico. The city of…

Vicente Fox Quesada, 2000 News

Mexican politician, was elected president in July, ending 71 years of rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party. Fox, a candidate of the conservative National Action Party, is a former…

Vicente Fox

The candidate from the National Action Party (PAN), Vicente Fox Quesada was elected the 62nd president of Mexico on 2 July 2000, defeating Francisco Labastida of the Revolutionary Institutional Party…