- Apaseo el Alto
Infobox City |official_name = Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato
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leader_title =Mayor
leader_name = Martin Lopez Camacho
area_land_km2 = 377.42
population_total = 56 817
website = [http://apaseoelalto.guanajuato.gob.mx/?seccion_id=3&municipio_id=16 Apaseo el Alto] (in Spanish)
footnotes =Apaseo el Alto is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the state of
Guanajuato . The municipality has an area of 491.81 square kilometres (1.6% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north byApaseo el Grande , to the east by the state ofQuerataro , to the south byJerécuaro andTarimoro , and to the northwest byCelaya . The municipality had a population of 56,817 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 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 Martín López Camacho.
Official website
* [http://apaseoelalto.guanajuato.gob.mx/?seccion_id=3&municipio_id=16 Apaseo el Alto] (in Spanish)
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