Apaseo el Alto is a Mexican city and

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in the state of

Guanajuato Guanajuato, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato, is one of the 32 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Guanajuato, 46 municipalities and its cap ...

. 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 Apaseo el Grande is a city and Municipalities of Guanajuato, municipality located in Guanajuato, Mexico. The municipality covers 415.26 square kilometres (160 sq mi). It is bordered on the north by Comonfort and San Miguel de Allende, o ...

, to the east by the state of

Querétaro Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...

, to the south by Jerécuaro and Tarimoro, and to the northwest by

Celaya Celaya (; Otomi: ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The muni ...

. The municipality had a population of 56,817 inhabitants according to the 2005 census. 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.

Official website

Apaseo el Alto
in Spanish)

References

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