In terms of business, we are very close to major industrial parks within easy commuting distance. San Miguel de Allende has also became an arts and crafts production center supplying national and international markets.

We have several excellent arts and cultural educational centers very well known worldwide. Put all together San Miguel de Allende is well known internationally and has been named one of the 20 most visited cities in the world by several tourist magazines in the United States and Europe.

With all these attractions in San Miguel de Allende the number of foreign residents has been constantly increasing in the last few years. Our population in the county of Allende is 134,880 but the city of San Miguel has a population of 59,691 according the 2000 census.