San Pablo Casacuarán is a small town located in the southern region of the state of

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

, Mexico. Commonly known just as Casacuarán, it stands on the road connecting the cities of Yuriria,

Santiago Maravatio Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

and Salvatierra. Every January the town has a celebration of San Pablo on January 25. The celebration goes from January 18–25 with a huge procession down main street from the top to the bottom of the town on its last day. The celebration consists of folkloric dance presentations and many shows and award ceremonies. There is also a huge carnival that goes on for the days of the fiesta; on the last two days of the celebration there are jaripeos (rodeos).

Demographics

A census conducted in the year 2000 shows there is a population of 3,398.Datos Estadísticos
, Statistical Information (in Spanish).

Geography

* Location: * Altitude: 1,787 meters (5,866 feet)

Notes and references

External links

* Link to official town page. *
casacuaran.net
* Links to neighboring cities and towns *
Yuririanet.com
*** casacuarangto.es.tl Populated places in Guanajuato Yuriria {{Guanajuato-geo-stub