Purísima del Rincón

Purísima del Rincón is a Mexican municipality located in the state of Guanajuato. Its municipal seat is the city 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 Manuel Doblado, and to the west by the state of Jalisco. The municipality had 44,778 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]

Purísima del Rincón is named after the Immaculate Conception, while its municipal seat Purísima de Bustos (founded on January 1, 1603) 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 José Juventino López Ayala. [ [http://v2.pan.org.mx/pics/gobierno/edo_gto/purisima_del_rincon.htm Información General] Detailed information about the municipal president.]

Official website

* [http://purisima.guanajuato.gob.mx Purísima del Rincón] (in Spanish)

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