Pénjamo is the seat of Pénjamo municipality, one of 46 municipalities of Guanajuato, Mexico. It was cofounded in 1549 by Guamares, Purépechas, and Otomis prior to the outbreak of the Chichimeca war. The city is located to the southwest of the condition, and accounts for a total of 164,261.27 hectares of land that corresponds to 5.20% of the state total. It borde…Pénjamo is the seat of Pénjamo municipality, one of 46 municipalities of Guanajuato, Mexico. It was cofounded in 1549 by Guamares, Purépechas, and Otomis prior to the outbreak of the Chichimeca war. The city is located to the southwest of the condition, and accounts for a total of 164,261.27 hectares of land that corresponds to 5.20% of the state total. It borders the municipalities of Abasolo, Cuerámaro, and Manuel Doblado de Guanajuato and the states of Jalisco and Michoacán. According to the 2000 Census, the total population of the municipality was 144,426; however, in the last census, conducted in 2010, the total population of the city was near 41,000, the majority of which devotes themselves to the services, trade, tourist services. The motto of the city is " M. Hidalgo Cradle", because in 1753, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the Father of the Mexican Motherland, was born in the Hacienda of Corralejo near the city.
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