Guanajuato, city, capital of Guanajuato estado (state), central Mexico. Situated on the Mesa Central, it is spread over steep hillsides at the junction of three ravines at an average elevation of about 6,725 feet (2,050 meters) above sea level.

Eleven people were killed and another dozen were wounded in an attack early Sunday on a pre-Christmas party in central Mexico, authorities in the state of Guanajuato said. The massacre was one of at least three mass shootings in Mexico over the weekend.

Salamanca Guanajuato history In the middle of the 16th century, Spanish settlers established cattle ranches in the area, bringing more immigrants. As a result, as we know it today, Salamanca Guanajuato was founded in the early 17th century by Viceroy Gaspar Zúñiga y Acevedo and is named after his hometown in Spain.