Pénjamo

The city is located in the southwest of Guanajuato, and accounts for a total of 164,261.27 hectares of land, or 5.20% of the total land in the state. It borders the municipalities of Abasolo, Cuerámaro, and Manuel Doblado and the states of Jalisco and Michoacán. According to the 2000 census, the total population of the municipality was 144,426; however, in the last census, conducted in 2010, the total population of the city was near 41,000, the majority of which devotes themselves to the services, trade, tourist services. The motto of the city is "Cradle of Hidalgo" ("Cuna de Hidalgo"), because in 1753, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, known as the Father of the Nation, was born in the Hacienda de Corralejo near the city.

The locality of Santa Ana Pacueco, which is part of Pénjamo, is linked to La Piedad in Michoacán by seven bridges over the Lerma River. Because of this, the two cities have common needs and problems. To address this, the Mexican Congress created the Pénjamo-La Piedad Metropolitan Area in 2010. The area had a population of 229,289 people according to the 2005 INEGI census.