Valle de Santiago

Valle de Santiago
Municipio
The cityhall of Valle de Santiago
Valle de Santiago
Location in Guanajuato
Valle de Santiago
Valle de Santiago (Mexico)
Coordinates: 20°23′31″N 101°10′54″W / 20.39198°N 101.18160°W / 20.39198; -101.18160
Country Mexico
State Guanajuato
Area
  Municipality
819.6 km2 (316.4 sq mi)
  Seat13.72 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Municipality
150,054
  Density180/km2 (470/sq mi)
  Seat
72,663
  Seat density5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)

Valle de Santiago is a municipio (municipality) in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, and also the name of its largest township and cabecera municipal (municipal seat). The municipality is located in the southern portion of the state in the Bajío region of central Mexico, and has an area of some 819.6 square kilometres (316.4 sq mi). The city of Valle de Santiago lies at an elevation of 1,744 metres (5,722 ft) in the east-central part of the municipality, approximately 90 kilometres (56 mi) south of the state capital, Guanajuato.