San José Iturbide is a Mexican 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' ...

) located in the Northeast region 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 ...

, within the Sierra Gorda range. It is named in honor of

Saint Joseph According to the canonical Gospels, Joseph (; ) was a 1st-century Jewish man of Nazareth who was married to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and was the legal father of Jesus. Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern O ...

and the first Emperor of Mexico, Agustín de Iturbide. The municipality has an area of 534.11 square kilometres (1.76% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by San Luis de la Paz and Doctor Mora, to the east by Tierra Blanca, to the south by the state of

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

, and to the west by

San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende () is the principal city in the Municipalities of Mexico, municipality of San Miguel de Allende (municipality), San Miguel de Allende, located in the far eastern part of Guanajuato, Mexico. A part of the Bajío region, the t ...

. The municipality had a population of 54,661 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. The municipal president of San José Iturbide is Arq. Jose Geronimo Robles GutierrezAdministración Municipal 2009-2012

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Gobierno San José Iturbide
(in Spanish) {{DEFAULTSORT:San Jose Iturbide Municipalities of Guanajuato Populated places in Guanajuato