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Place Name
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Dolores Hidalgo
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Pronunciation
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do-LO-res ee-DAHL-go
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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40,001 (1990)
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Location
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Hidalgo, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
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21°10'N
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Longitude
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100°56'W
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Dolores Hidalgo
(do-LO-res ee-DAHL-go), city (1990 pop. 40,001)
and township, Guanajuato, central Mexico, on central plateau, on RR,
and 23 mi/37 km NE of Guanajuato on Mexico
Highways 51 and 110; 21°10'N 100°56'W. Agr. center (wheat, corn,
sugarcane, vegetables, fruit, livestock); flour milling; tanning;
chinaware. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla here initiated struggle for
independence on Sept. 16, 1810. Formerly Ciudad Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de
la Independencia Nacional.
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