San Francisco del Rincón is a city and

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

in the western part of the state of

Guanajuato Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato, is one of the 32 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guanajuato, 46 municipalities and its cap ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. The city serves as the municipal seat for the municipality of San Francisco del Rincón. The city lies at the extreme northwest corner of the municipality. The settlement was founded as San Francisco del Tule on January 21, 1607 by a group of families of the

Purépecha The Purépecha ( ) are a group of Indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro. They are also known by the derogatory term " Tarascan", an exonym, app ...

and Hñähñu (

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) ethnicities. It was declared a

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(town) on September 6, 1865 and a city on March 27, 1867. It is located at , at an approximate altitude of 1,721 meters. The population of the municipality in the 2010 census was 113,570 people, of whom 71,139 lived in the city of San Francisco del Rincón. The municipality has an areal extent of 415.73 km² (160.51 sq mi). The city is the sixth-largest community in the state in population. The city is home to

Atlético San Francisco Atlético San Francisco, (simply known as Brujos) is a Mexican professional football club. The club plays in the Serie B de México and is based in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, Mexico. It was established in 1966 and it has never played ...

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club. The

Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum The Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum is a presidential history center founded by former President of Mexico (2000-2006) Vicente Fox in San Cristóbal near his ranch in Guanajuato, Mexico. The Center is funded by the Fox Center Ci ...

lies within the municipality. esbr>CentroFox.org.mx
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References

External links

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Guanajuato; Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
{{DEFAULTSORT:San Francisco Del Rincon Populated places in Guanajuato Municipalities of Guanajuato Populated places established in 1607