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Guanajuato

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Guanajuato (Spanish) [gwanaˈxwato]
n
1. (Placename) a state of central Mexico, on the great central plateau: mountainous in the north, with fertile plains in the south; important mineral resources. Capital: Guanajuato. Pop.: 4 656 761 (2000). Area: 30 588 sq. km (11 810 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a city in central Mexico, capital of Guanajuato state: founded in 1554, it became one of the world's richest silver-mining centres. Pop.: 113 580 (1990)


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Some agricultural producers in Guanajuato asked state authorities to release water from local dams earlier than normal to allow them to save their crops.
Mexican authorities arrested Gallegos in October in the city of Celaya, where he was teaching for the Universidad de Guanajuato.
Fox, 66, grew up on a family ranch in the state of Guanajuato, attended Harvard Business School and was an executive for Coca-Cola in Mexico before he was elected governor of Guanajuato as the candidate of the National Action Party or PAN in 1995.
 
 
 
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