Tierra Blanca, Guanajuato
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Tierra Blanca is a Mexican city (and municipality
) located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato
. The municipality has an area of 391.65 square kilometres (1.09% of the surface of the state) 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 northwest by Doctor Mora
. The municipality had a population of 14,515 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.. In pre-Hispanic times the area of what is today Tierra Blanca was mostly inhabited by Chichimeca
people.
Tierra Blanca was founded and granted the title of municipality in 1536 under the order of the first viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza
, making it one of the oldest in the state of Guanajuato.
The municipal president of Tierra Blanca and its many smaller outlying communities is Ernesto Reyes Pérez.
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....
. The municipality has an area of 391.65 square kilometres (1.09% of the surface of the state) and is bordered to the north by Santa Catarina
Santa Catarina, Guanajuato
Santa Catarina 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 193.67 square kilometres and is bordered to the north by Victoria and Xichú, to the east by the state of Querétaro, to the south by Tierra...
, to the south and the east to 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 west by San José Iturbide
San José Iturbide
San José Iturbide is a Mexican city located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato, within the Sierra Gorda range...
and to the northwest 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...
. The municipality had a population of 14,515 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.. In pre-Hispanic times the area of what is today Tierra Blanca 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"...
people.
Tierra Blanca was founded and granted the title of municipality in 1536 under the order of the first viceroy of New Spain, Antonio de Mendoza
Antonio de Mendoza
Antonio de Mendoza y Pacheco, Marquis of Mondéjar, Count of Tendilla , was the first viceroy of New Spain, serving from April 17, 1535 to November 25, 1550, and the second viceroy of Peru, from September 23, 1551 to July 21, 1552...
, making it one of the oldest in the state of Guanajuato.
The municipal president of Tierra Blanca and its many smaller outlying communities is Ernesto Reyes Pérez.