Huanímaro is a Mexican city (and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

) located in Southwest 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 ...

. The municipality has an area of 130.57 square kilometres (0.43% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north and west by Abasolo, to the south by the state of

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

, and to the east by

Valle de Santiago Valle de Santiago is a ''municipio'' (municipality) in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, and also the name of its largest township and '' cabecera municipal'' (municipal seat). The municipality is located in the southern portion of the state in th ...

. The municipality had a population of 19,693 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. The name of the municipality is of Purépecha Cuaimaro origin and means "Place of barter" or "Place where the maize toasts." The municipal president of Huanímaro and its 28 outlying communities is José Francisco Chávez González Municipal president
Detailed profile

Official website

Huanímaro
(in Spanish)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huanimaro Municipalities of Guanajuato Populated places in Guanajuato