Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico

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🇲🇽 Dolores Hidalgo; in full, Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional, is the name of a city and the surrounding municipality in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato.

It is located at an elevation of about 1,980 meters (6,480 feet) above sea level. The city lies directly in the centre of the municipality, which is 1,590 km² (613.9 sq mi) in area and includes numerous small outlying communities, the largest of which is Río Laja.

Dolores Hidalgo was named a Pueblo Mágico (Magic Town) in 2002.

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History The city was a small town known simply as Dolores when Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla uttered his famous cry for the independence of Mexico (the Grito de Dolores) there in the early hours of September 16, 1810, in front of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores parish church. After Mexico achieved independence, the town was renamed Dolores Hidalgo in his honor.

Today Dolores Hidalgo is known primarily for its ceramics industry, started by Father Hidalgo, which provides income to well over half the city's population. The inexpensive and mass-produced output of the town is marketed throughout Latin America and the United States. The central square of the town, in front of Fr Hidalgo's historic church, is a popular tourist spot.

A place of pilgrimage in Dolores Hidalgo for many fans of ranchera and popular music is the tomb of José Alfredo Jiménez, one of the country's most beloved singers and songwriters, as well as one of the most prolific popular songwriters in the history of western music. He is buried in the town cemetery.

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Dolores Hidalgo has a population of over 54,843 people. Dolores Hidalgo also forms the centre of the wider Dolores Hidalgo municipality which has a population of over 148,173 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Dolores Hidalgo has links with:

🇲🇽 Acapulco, Mexico 🇲🇽 Guanajuato City, Mexico 🇺🇸 Lexington, USA
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Antipodal to Dolores Hidalgo is: 79.067,-21.15

Locations Near: Dolores Hidalgo -100.933,21.15

🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende -100.75,20.915 d: 32.3  

🇲🇽 Guanajuato City -101.253,21.017 d: 36.4  

🇲🇽 Guanajuato -101.257,21.018 d: 36.7  

🇲🇽 Salamanca -101.183,20.567 d: 69.9  

🇲🇽 Celaya -100.817,20.52 d: 71.1  

🇲🇽 Irapuato -101.347,20.658 d: 69.6  

🇲🇽 León -101.683,21.122 d: 77.8  

🇲🇽 Apaseo el Alto -100.617,20.45 d: 84.5  

🇲🇽 Santiago de Queretaro -100.395,20.591 d: 83.6  

🇲🇽 Querétaro City -100.395,20.591 d: 83.6  

Antipodal to: Dolores Hidalgo 79.067,-21.15

🇲🇺 Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 17793.2  

🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 17793.9  

🇲🇺 Rivière du Rempart 57.633,-20.05 d: 17782.5  

🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 17773.8  

🇲🇺 St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 17772.6  

🇲🇺 Port Louis 57.5,-20.15 d: 17770  

🇲🇺 Mauritius 57.499,-20.162 d: 17770  

🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 17771.1  

🇲🇺 Moka 57.496,-20.219 d: 17770.4  

🇲🇺 Port-Louis 57.496,-20.165 d: 17769.8  

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