Apaseo el Alto
Official seal of Apaseo el Alto
Apaseo el Alto is located in Guanajuato
Apaseo el Alto
Apaseo el Alto
Apaseo el Alto is located in Mexico
Apaseo el Alto
Apaseo el Alto
Coordinates: 20°27′N 100°37′W / 20.450°N 100.617°W / 20.450; -100.617
Country Mexico
State Guanajuato
Government
  MayorMaría del Carmen Ortiz Terrazas (MoReNa)
Area
  Land377.42 km2 (145.72 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
  Total64,443
Website (in Spanish)

Apaseo el Alto is a Mexican city and municipality located in the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 491.81 square kilometres (1.6% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Apaseo el Grande, to the east by the state of Querétaro, to the south by Jerécuaro and Tarimoro, and to the northwest by Celaya. The municipality had a population of 56,817 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[1][2]

In pre-Columbian times Apaseo (Apatzeo) was known as Atlayahualco or "place of where water flows" by the Otomí people who lived in the region.

The municipal president of Apaseo el Alto and its many smaller outlying communities, which include San Juan del Llanito, San Bartolo and many others, is Dr. Miguel Ángel Sánchez Escutia.

Apaseo el Alto

Official website

References

  1. "2005 Census". INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
  2. "Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Retrieved 2007-03-22.
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