Coroneo Explained

Coroneo
Settlement Type:City & Municipality
Coordinates:20.1333°N -120°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:122.90
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:10,347
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:−6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:−5

Coroneo is a Mexican city and municipality located in the state of Guanajuato. The municipality has an area of 122.90 square kilometres (0.40% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north and the east by the state of Querétaro, to the south by the state of Michoacán, and to the west by Jerécuaro. The municipality had 10,347 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.[1] [2]

In pre-Columbian times the area was an important center of Chupícuaro culture, one of the oldest in Mesoamerica, who knew the region as "Place of abundant grain, medicinal plants and creepers."[3]

Its current name is of Otomi origin and means ""Place between two hills."

The municipal president of Coroneo and its many smaller outlying communities is Carlos López Ruiz.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2005 Census . INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática . 2007-03-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ . 2013-04-06 .
  2. Web site: Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia . Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México . 2007-03-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070317205520/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guanajuato . 2007-03-17 .
  3. http://www.guanajuato.gob.mx/ingles/hispreispa.htm About Guanajuato
  4. http://tarandacuao.guanajuato.gob.mx/images/Directorio.htm UAIP