Dolores Hidalgo

Dolores Hidalgo
City and Municipality
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Dolores Hidalgo
Coordinates: 21°9′5.7″N 100°56′12.8″W / 21.151583°N 100.936889°W / 21.151583; -100.936889
Country	Mexico
State	Guanajuato
Established	September 16, 1810
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Municipality President	Adrian Hernández Alejandri
Area
• City	13.26 km2 (5.12 sq mi)
• Municipality	1,656 km2 (639 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• City	67,101
• Density	5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Municipality	163,038
• Municipality density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	Zona Centro
Postal Code	37800–37849
Area code	02-8082722

Dolores Hidalgo (Spanish: [doˈloɾes iˈðalɣo] ^ⓘ; in full, Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional, English: Dolores Hidalgo Birthplace of [Mexican] National Independence) is the name of a city and the surrounding municipality in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

It is located at 21°10′N 100°56′W / 21.17°N 100.93°W / 21.17; -100.93, at an elevation of about 1,980 meters (6,480 feet) above sea level. In the census of 2005 the city had a population of 54,843, while the municipality had 134,641 inhabitants. The city lies directly in the center of the municipality, which is 1,656 km² (639 sq mi) in area and includes numerous small outlying communities, the largest of which is Río Laja with a population of 2,211 (2005 census).^[1]

Dolores Hidalgo was named a Pueblo Mágico (Magic Town) in 2002