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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines' has mentioned 'Guanajuato' in the following places:
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City & Municipality in Guanajuato, Mexico | WIKI |
Guanajuato, GuanajuatoCity & Municipality Coat of armsGuanajuato, GuanajuatoLocation in MexicoShow map of GuanajuatoGuanajuato, GuanajuatoGuanajuato, Guanajuato (Mexico)Show map of MexicoCoordinates: 21xc2xb001xe2x80xb204xe2x80xb3N 101xc2xb015xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf21.01778xc2xb0N 101.25667xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 21.01778; -101.25667Coordinates: 21xc2xb001xe2x80xb204xe2x80xb3N 101xc2xb015xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3Wxefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf21.01778xc2xb0N 101.25667xc2xb0Wxefxbbxbf / 21.01778; -101.25667CountryMexicoState GuanajuatoFounded1548Founded asReal de Minas de GuanajuatoFounded byAntonio de MendozaGovernmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Municipalxc2xa0PresidentAlejandro Navarro Saldaxc3xb1aAreaxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Municipality996.74xc2xa0km2 (384.84xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urban72.54xc2xa0km2 (28.01xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation (of seat)2,045xc2xa0m (6,709xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(2020)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Municipality194,500xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density195.13/km2 (505.4/sqxc2xa0mi)Demonym(s)(in Spanish) GuanajuatenseTime zoneUTCxe2x88x926 (CST)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Summer (DST)UTCxe2x88x925 (CDT)Postal code (of seat)36000Area code(s)+52 473Website(in Spanish) [1] UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameHistoric Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent MinesTypeCulturalCriteriaI, II, IV, VIDesignated1988 (12th session)Referencexc2xa0no.482State Partyxc2xa0MexicoRegionLatin America and the Caribbean | WIKI |
Guanajuato Cathedral | WIKI |
Guanajuato (Spanish pronunciation:xc2xa0[gwanaxcbx88xwato]) is a city and municipality in central Mexico and the capital of the state of the same name. | WIKI |
The growth of Guanajuato resulted from the abundantly available minerals in the mountains surrounding it. | WIKI |
Guanajuato was the site of the first battle of the Mexican War of Independence between newly assimilated Mexican insurgent warriors and royalist troops at the Alhxc3xb3ndiga de Granaditas. | WIKI |
Contents 1 History 1.1 Pre-Hispanic period 1.2 Colonial era 1.3 Independence 2 Layout and transportation 2.1 The underground tunnels of Guanajuato 3 Mines 4 Mummies 5 Festival Cervantino 6 Landmarks 6.1 Area around Plaza de la Paz, Basilica and the Legislative Palace 6.2 Alhxc3xb3ndiga de Granaditas 6.3 University of Guanajuato 6.4 Other plazas and churches 6.5 Other civil constructions 7 Municipality 8 Twin towns xe2x80x93 sister cities 9 Notable natives and residents 10 References 11 Bibliography 12 External links | WIKI |
[4] The oldest known name for the area is xe2x80x9cMo-o-ti,xe2x80x9d which means xe2x80x9cplace of metals.xe2x80x9d Later, it was called "Paxtitlxc3xa1n" by the Aztecs, which means xe2x80x9cplace of Spanish moss.xe2x80x9d[5][6] The current name of Guanajuato comes from Purxc3xa9pecha kuanhasxc3xaf juxc3xa1ta (or in older orthography "quanax huato"), which means xe2x80x9cfrog hillxe2x80x9d. | WIKI |
Interior of the Basilica Colegiata de Nuestra Sexc3xb1ora de Guanajuato | WIKI |
[8] In 1548, the outpost was formally established with the name of Real de Minas de Guanajuato by viceroy Don Antonio de Mendoza. | WIKI |
[4][8] It was soon declared a town with the name of Santa Fe Real de Minas de Guanajuato, with Preafxc3xa1n de Rivera as mayor. | WIKI |
In 1679, by decree of viceroy of Mexico Fray Payo Enriquez de Rivera, the name was changed to Ciudad de Santa Fe y Real de Minas de Guanajuato (Very Noble and Loyal City of Santa Fe y Real de Minas de Guanajuato). | WIKI |
In 1741, the city received the title of xe2x80x9cThe Most Noble and Loyal City of Santa Fe de Minas de Guanajuatoxe2x80x9d and became an xe2x80x9cintendenciaxe2x80x9d (province) in 1790 because of the abundance of riches coming from its mines. | WIKI |
[4] The colonial architecture includes some of the best Baroque and Churrigueresque examples in the New Worldxe2x80x94such as the Valenciana, Cata, and La Compaxc3xb1xc3xada (Jesuit) Churches, and the Basilica of Our Lady of Guanajuato. | WIKI |
Guanajuato in the 19th century | WIKI |
The War of Independence broke out in the state of Guanajuato in the town of Dolores, when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla shouted the xe2x80x9cGrito de Doloresxe2x80x9d and raised an insurgent army on September 15 and 16, 1810. | WIKI |
This army marched to San Miguel, today San Miguel de Allende, and then on to the city of Guanajuato. | WIKI |
After Independence, the province of Guanajuato was made a state, and the city was made its capital in 1824. | WIKI |
The main street into the city, called Belaunzarxc3xa1n, now runs for three km underground and follows the original course of the Guanajuato River. | WIKI |
[14] Unlike the regular layouts of many other Spanish and Mexican cities, the streets of Guanajuato follow the extreme irregularity of the terrain, with small alleyways, plazas and in some cases steep staircases up hillsides. | WIKI |
These are roving parties, traditionally held by the students of the University of Guanajuato with live musicians. | WIKI |
[4][15] Guanajuato's version of the La Llorona story has the woman wandering its tunnels, some of which had rivers or streams running through them. | WIKI |
The underground tunnels of Guanajuato[edit] | WIKI |
The Guanajuato underground tunnels are a network of wide channels that help lead traffic away from the city center. | WIKI |
The westward direction passes through the center of Guanajuato. | WIKI |
The tunnel system of Guanajuato was built to prevent flooding. | WIKI |
Txc3xbanel La Galerexc3xb1a is the longest tunnel of this network and was excavated in the early 19th century to lead the Guanajuato River away from the center of the city. | WIKI |
The mines that made Guanajuato rich are inside and just outside the city proper. | WIKI |
[23] The first significant mine was called San Bernabxc3xa9, which brought thousands of adventurers to Guanajuato and led to the discovery of other mineral deposits. | WIKI |
[14] It produced 80% of all silver mined in the state of Guanajuato and one-sixth of all Mexico. | WIKI |
The city's most famous tourist attraction[29] is the Mummies of Guanajuato, which are in their own museum on the side of the municipal cemetery in the Tepetapa neighborhood. | WIKI |
View of the entrance to the Mummies of Guanajuato Museum. | WIKI |
One of the main reasons for the mummiesxe2x80x99 fame in Mexico is the 1972 film El Santo contra las momias de Guanajuato, which featured Mexico's most famous lucha libre wrestler, El Santo, as well as two others called Blue Demon and Mil Mxc3xa1scaras. | WIKI |
It was filmed in the Guanajuato cemetery and has since become a cult classic. | WIKI |
A mayor of the city, Dr. Eduardo Hicks, initiated the Guanajuato Mummy Research Project in 2007 to increase knowledge and awareness of the specimens. | WIKI |
Cervantes monument in Guanajuato | WIKI |
The world-famous Festival Internacional Cervantino is an annual cultural event, held in the city of Guanajuato, which sponsors a large number of artistic and cultural events with artists invited from Mexico and all over the world. | WIKI |
[14] The festival began in 1972,[35] as short plays performed by University of Guanajuato students based on the works of Cervantes. | WIKI |
The most important venue in Guanajuato for the festival is Juxc3xa1rez Theater, which is located close to Jardxc3xadn de la Unixc3xb3n (Union Garden). | WIKI |
[14] Other important venues in the city are Teatro Principal, Cervantes Theater and facilities of the University of Guanajuato. | WIKI |
Plaza de la Paz and the Basxc3xadlica Colegiata de Nuestra Sexc3xb1ora de Guanajuato (2009) | WIKI |
[19] The Casa Real de Ensaye is a Baroque mansion that, on its faxc3xa7ade, bears the first noble coat of arms granted in Guanajuato. | WIKI |
The main church of the city is Basxc3xadlica Colegiata de Nuestra Sexc3xb1ora de Guanajuato built between 1671 and 1696. | WIKI |
[4] The focus of the main altar is the image of Our Lady of Guanajuato (Nuestra Sexc3xb1ora de Guanjuato), who is the patroness of the city. | WIKI |
The current building was constructed by Cecilio Luis Long in a European style popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and inaugurated in 1903.The faxc3xa7ade has a Neoclassical portal in sandstone of colors typical of the Guanajuato area. | WIKI |
[41] In 1949 the building was converted into the Museo Regional de Guanajuato, documenting the history of the area and its role in Mexican national history from the pre-Hispanic period to the present divided among fourteen halls on the upper floor. | WIKI |
It contains works by Guanajuato artist Hermeneguildo Bustos and photographer Romualdo Garcxc3xada. | WIKI |
University of Guanajuato[edit] | WIKI |
University of Guanajuato | WIKI |
The University of Guanajuato began as a Jesuit school for children in the first half of the 18th century. | WIKI |
It held several names over its history, from Real Colegio de la Purxc3xadsima Concepcixc3xb3n (1767), Colegio del Estado (1828), Colegio Nacional de Guanajuato (1867), with its current name adopted in 1945. | WIKI |
In addition to the main campus in the city, there are nine others in other parts of Guanajuato state. | WIKI |
It received the image of the Virgin of the Rosary, now called the Nuestra Sexc3xb1ora de Guanajuato. | WIKI |
The Museo de Historia Natural Alfredo Dugxc3xa8s is on the ground floor of the University of Guanajuato's main building. | WIKI |
Today, it is reconstructed and run by the University of Guanajuato as one of the main venues of the Cervantino Festival. | WIKI |
Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato was created to exhibit the best of the artwork of the city. | WIKI |
Next to Casa de Gobierno is Real Caja de Guanajuato, which dates from 1665. | WIKI |
She and her husband settled in Guanajuato in 1958, and took over this ex-hacienda in 1962. | WIKI |
As the seat of a municipality, the city of Guanajuato is the local government for over 373 communities,[59] which cover an area of 996.74 square kilometres (384.84 square miles). | WIKI |
Most of the territory is covered by Sierra of Guanajuato also called Sierra of San Gregorio. | WIKI |
Climate data for Guanajuato, Guanajuato (1951xe2x80x932010) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 28.9(84.0) 33.6(92.5) 34.7(94.5) 37.0(98.6) 38.9(102.0) 37.2(99.0) 34.1(93.4) 34.5(94.1) 33.5(92.3) 34.0(93.2) 29.8(85.6) 29.7(85.5) 38.9(102.0) Average high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 22.3(72.1) 24.1(75.4) 27.1(80.8) 29.4(84.9) 30.6(87.1) 28.7(83.7) 26.9(80.4) 26.8(80.2) 26.1(79.0) 25.5(77.9) 24.2(75.6) 22.6(72.7) 26.2(79.2) Daily mean xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 14.6(58.3) 16.0(60.8) 18.4(65.1) 20.8(69.4) 22.3(72.1) 21.7(71.1) 20.5(68.9) 20.4(68.7) 19.9(67.8) 18.6(65.5) 16.6(61.9) 15.0(59.0) 18.7(65.7) Average low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 6.9(44.4) 7.9(46.2) 9.7(49.5) 12.2(54.0) 14.0(57.2) 14.7(58.5) 14.1(57.4) 14.1(57.4) 13.8(56.8) 11.7(53.1) 9.0(48.2) 7.5(45.5) 11.3(52.3) Record low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) xe2x88x921.5(29.3) xe2x88x922.0(28.4) 0.3(32.5) 5.5(41.9) 8.0(46.4) 9.0(48.2) 10.4(50.7) 9.0(48.2) 4.8(40.6) 2.2(36.0) xe2x88x924.0(24.8) xe2x88x924.0(24.8) xe2x88x924.0(24.8) Average rainfall mm (inches) 16.4(0.65) 11.9(0.47) 8.8(0.35) 8.1(0.32) 42.4(1.67) 136.9(5.39) 179.8(7.08) 149.4(5.88) 122.8(4.83) 35.6(1.40) 10.4(0.41) 8.0(0.31) 730.5(28.76) Average rainy days (xe2x89xa5 0.1 mm) 2.8 2.1 1.8 2.7 7.1 12.3 15.7 13.7 10.6 5.0 2.2 2.1 78.1 Average relative humidity (%) 61 59 54 51 57 65 70 71 70 68 65 65 63 Mean monthly sunshine hours 225 238 273 266 266 211 204 233 194 240 242 223 2,815 Source 1: Servicio Meteorolxc3xb3gico Nacional (humidity 1981xe2x80x932000)[60][61] Source 2: Ogimet (sun 1981xe2x80x932010)[62] | WIKI |
Principal mining companies include Las Torres, Santa Fe de Guanajuato and El Cubo. | WIKI |
Cerro de la Bufa is very close to the city of Guanajuato and has a number of stories associated with it. | WIKI |
If he did so, the city of Guanajuato would return to the height of its wealth. | WIKI |
Josxc3xa9 Alfredo Jimxc3xa9nez, Mexican singer-songwriter Enrique Ruelas Espinosaxc2xa0[es], poet, writer and director of the theater of the University of Guanajuato. | WIKI |