San Francisco del Rincón

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The settlement was founded as San Francisco del Tule on January 21, 1607 by a group of families of the Purépecha 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 Script error: No such module "Coordinates"., at an approximate altitude of 1,721 meters.

The population of the municipality in the 2010 census was 113,570 people, of whom 71,139 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 football club. The Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum lies within the municipality.[1]

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