San Francisco del Rincón
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San Francisco del Rincón is a city in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of San Francisco del Rincón.
The settlement was founded as San Francisco del Tule on January 21, 1607 by a group of families of the P'urhépecha (Tarascan) and Hñähñu (Otomi) ethnicities. It was declared a villa (town) on September 6, 1865 and a city on March 27, 1867. It is located at , at an approximate altitude of 1,721 meters.
The population of the municipality in 2000 was 100,239 people, of whom 65.02% (65,183) lived in the city of San Francisco del Rincón.
