Santa Catarina, Guanajuato
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Santa Catarina is a Mexican city (and municipality
) located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato
, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 193.67 square kilometres (0.64% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Victoria
and Xichú
, to the east by the state of Querétaro
, to the south by Tierra Blanca
, to the west by Doctor Mora
, and to the northwest by Victoria
. The municipality had a population of 5,120 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.. In pre-Hispanic times the area of what is today Santa Catarina was mostly inhabited by Chichimeca
, Panes, and Tlaxcaltecs people. Santa Catarina has been rated the best city to live in in the whole country of Mexico by the CMM commission in 2007 due to its unique people, culture, and the unique design of its church.
The municipal president of Santa Catarina and its many smaller outlying communities is Petra Barrera Barrera.
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 Northeast 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 193.67 square kilometres (0.64% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Victoria
Victoria, Guanajuato
Victoria is a Mexican city located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 1009.437 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí, to the east by Xichú, to the south by Santa Catarina and...
and 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...
, to the east 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....
, to the south by Tierra Blanca
Tierra Blanca, Guanajuato
Tierra Blanca is a Mexican city located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 391.65 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by Santa Catarina, to the south and the east to the state of Querétaro, to the west by San José Iturbide and to the...
, to the west by Doctor Mora
Doctor Mora
Doctor Mora is a Mexican city located in Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 233.91 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by Victoria, to the east by Tierra Blanca, to the south by San José Iturbide, and to the west by San Luis de la Paz...
, and to the northwest by Victoria
Victoria, Guanajuato
Victoria is a Mexican city located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato, within the Sierra Gorda range. The municipality has an area of 1009.437 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí, to the east by Xichú, to the south by Santa Catarina and...
. The municipality had a population of 5,120 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.. In pre-Hispanic times the area of what is today Santa Catarina was mostly inhabited by Chichimeca
Chichimeca
Chichimeca was the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to a wide range of semi-nomadic peoples who inhabited the north of modern-day Mexico and southwestern United States, and carried the same sense as the European term "barbarian"...
, Panes, and Tlaxcaltecs people. Santa Catarina has been rated the best city to live in in the whole country of Mexico by the CMM commission in 2007 due to its unique people, culture, and the unique design of its church.
The municipal president of Santa Catarina and its many smaller outlying communities is Petra Barrera Barrera.