Atarjea is a Mexican city (and municipality

Municipalities of Guanajuato

The Mexican state of Guanajuato is divided into 46 municipalities :- References :*Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía : «Principales resultados por localidad 2005 » ....

) located in the easternmost region of the state of Guanajuato

Guanajuato

Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....

, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 318 square kilometres (1.04% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí

San Luis Potosí

San Luis Potosí officially Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and its capital city is San Luis Potosí....

, to the east and south by the state of Querétaro

Querétaro

Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....

, and to the west by Xichú

Xichú

Xichú is a Mexican city located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality is entirely within the Sierra Gorda range and has an area of 912.20 square kilometres...

. The municipality had a population of 5,198 according to the 2005 census..

The name of the municipality is of Otomí

Otomi people

The Otomi people . Smaller Otomi populations exist in the states of Puebla, Mexico, Tlaxcala, Michoacán and Guanajuato. The Otomi language belonging to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family is spoken in many different varieties some of which are not mutually intelligible.One of...

origen and means "Where they go to drink water."

The municipal president of Atarjea and its many smaller outlying communities is Guadalupe Flores Loyola.

Localities in Atarjea

Locality	Population	Latitude	Longitude
El Carricillo	589	21°18'56" N	99°50'00" W
Atarjea	380	21°16'04" N	99°43'06" W
Aldama	348	21°10'41" N	99°50'06" W
Álamos	289	21°13'56" N	99°48'08" W
Mangas Cuatas	258	21°15'31" N	99°45'46" W
La Tapona	255	21°11'04" N	99°52'20" W