San Francisco del Rincón
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San Francisco del Rincón is a city and municipality
Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...

 in the western part of the state of Guanajuato
Guanajuato
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, Mexico
Mexico
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. The city serves as the municipal seat for the municipality of San Francisco del Rincón. The city lies at the extreme northwest corner of the municipality.

The settlement was founded as San Francisco del Tule on January 21, 1607 by a group of families of the P'urhépecha
P'urhépecha
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 (Tarascan) and Hñähñu (Otomi
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...

) ethnicities. It was declared a villa
Villa
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 (town) on September 6, 1865 and a city on March 27, 1867. It is located at
21°01′22"N 101°51′36"W,

at an approximate altitude of 1,721 meters.

The population of the municipality in the 2005 census was 103,217 people, of whom 66.15% (68,282) lived in the city of San Francisco del Rincón. The municipality has an areal extent of 415.73 km² (160.51 sq mi). The city is the sixth-largest community in the state in population.

The city is home to Atlético San Francisco
Atlético San Francisco
Atlético San Francisco, is a Mexican professional football .The club plays in the Tercera División de México and is based in San Francisco del Rincón, Guanajuato, México...

 football club.

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