- Abasolo, Guanajuato
Abasolo is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the Southeast region of the state of
Guanajuato . The municipality has an area of 601.73 square kilometres (1.98% of the surface of the state), and is bordered to the north by Pueblo Nuevo andValle de Santiago , to the south by the state ofMichoacán andHuanímaro , and to the west byPénjamo andCuerámaro . The municipality had 79,093 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. [Cite web | url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ | title=2005 Census | work=INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática | accessdate=2007-03-22] [Cite web | url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guanajuato Guanajuato | title=Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia | work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | accessdate=2007-03-22] .In
pre-Columbian times the area was known as Cuitzeo or "Place of skunks ("Lugar de Zorrillos")" [ [http://proteccioncivil.guanajuato.gob.mx/muni_socio/abasolo_socio.htm Abasolo ] ] , by the mostlyP'urhépecha inhabitants.Abasolo is named after José Mariano Abasolo, a Mexican patriot and leader of Mexico's war of independence against
Spain .The municipal president of Abasolo and its many smaller outlying communities is Juan Antonio Negrete Martínez. [ [http://guanajuato.contralinea.com.mx/archivo/2006/agosto/htm/PAN_voto_conservador.htm PAN, truinfa voto conservador | Revista Contralínea GUANAJUATO, periodismo de investigacion. Mayo 2006 Mexico | Agosto 2006 ] ]
Official website
* [http://www.conoceabasolo.gob.mx/index.php?a=all&pag=3 Abasolo] (in Spanish)
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