Purísima del Rincón is a Mexican

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located in the state of

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, founded on January 1, 1603. Its municipal seat is the town of Purísima de Bustos. The municipality has an area of 288.44 square kilometres (0.95% of the surface of the state), and is bordered to the north and east by San Francisco del Rincón, to the south by

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, and to the west by the state of

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. The municipality had 68,795 inhabitants according to the 2010 census. Purísima del Rincón is named after the

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. In 1954, Purísima de Bustos was named after Hermenegildo Bustos, an artist born in the city. The municipal president of Purísima del Rincón and its many smaller outlying communities is Tomás Torres Montañez.Información General
Detailed information about the municipal president.

References

External links

Purísima del Rincón official website
Populated places in Guanajuato Municipalities of Guanajuato {{Guanajuato-geo-stub