Xichú

File:Parroquia de San Francisco de Asís, Xichú, Guanajuato.jpg

Xichú is a Mexican city (and municipality) located in the Northeast region of the state of Guanajuato. The municipality is entirely within the Sierra Gorda range and has an area of 912.20 square kilometres (3.0% of the surface of the state). It is bordered to the north by the state of San Luis Potosí, to the east by Atarjea, to the south by the state of Querétaro and Santa Catarina and to the west by Victoria. The municipality had a population of 11,323 inhabitants according to the 2005 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ |title=2005 Census |work=INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática |access-date=2007-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ |archive-date=April 6, 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guanajuato |title=Mexican Municipality Encyclopedia |work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |access-date=2007-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317205520/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guanajuato |archive-date=March 17, 2007 }}

In pre-Hispanic times the area was known as Maxichú or "Sisterhood of my grandmother"[http://www.galeon.com/anatolio/xichu.htm PANORAMA GENERAL] in Spanish. Retrieved June 24, 2007. by the mostly Chichimeca inhabitants.

The municipal president of Xichú and its many smaller outlying communities, which include San Miguel de las Casitas, El Aguacate, El Guamúchil, El Milagro, Las Palomas, and Mesón de Santa Rosa.{{cite web|title=Asociación Nacional de Alcaldes|url=http://www.alcaldes.org.mx/es/directorio/alcalde-asociado/xichu/2/index8908.html|access-date=1 May 2013}}