- San Diego de la Unión
San Diego de la Unión is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the Northwest [ [http://www.guanajuato.gob.mx/sdsh/regiones/index.php Secretaría de Desarrollo Social y Humano - Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato ] ] region of the state of
Guanajuato . The municipality has an area of 990.17 square kilometres (3.26% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north bySan Luis Potosí , to the east bySan Luis de la Paz , to the south byDolores Hidalgo , and to the west by San Felipe. The municipality had 34,088 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]The municipality of San Diego was founded in 1719 under the name of Pueblo de Bizcocho. It received its present name of San Diego de la Unión after San Diego de Alcalá, the Patron saint of Franciscan lay brothers.
The municipal president of San Diego de la Unión and its 137 outlying communities is Luis Gaudencio González Romero. [http://v2.pan.org.mx/pics/gobierno/edo_gto/san_diego_de_la_union.htm]
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