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Celaya's main icon—a water tower in the heart of the city.

Celaya is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located at 20°52′N, 100°82′W in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality for which the city serves as municipal seat, had a population of 415,869. The city is located in the geographic center of the municipality, which has an areal extent of 553.18 km² (213.58 sq mi) and includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which are San Miguel Octopan, Rincón de Tamayo, and San Juan de la Vega.

There are many smaller towns around Celaya including Rincón De Tamayo, Tarimoro, Salvatierra, La Moncada, Panales Jamaica (Cañones), Panales Galera, La Calera, La Estancia, La Noria, La Acebuche, Cacalote, and Charco Largo.

Explosion of improperly protected gunpowder and fireworks warehouse in September, 1999 killed over 60 people and badly injured over 300 [1].

Celaya is also famous for the production of cajeta.

• Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras (b. October 13, 1759, d. August 3, 1833), Architect and painter. Designed the beautiful El Carmen church in Celaya.
• Raúl Velasco (b. April 24, 1933, d. November 26, 2006) Entertainer and TV Producer. Was the host of the popular marathonic TV program Siempre en Domingo.
• Octavio Ocampo (b. February 28, 1943) Painter famous for his "metamorphosis" style.
• Joshua Ilika (born September 14, 1976), Swimmer.
• Mauricio Ochmann (born November 16, 1977), Actor.
• Miriam San Roman (born August 12, 1961),painter
• Adela Patino Born February 11, 1965 AKA Adela Fernandez (La Gallera), Singer, Composer.

Celaya's city hall.

• Universidad Lasallista Benavente
• Universidad de Celaya
• Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya
• Escuela Bilingue Guilford
• Instituto Andersen
• Colegio Marista
• Instituto Kipling
• Westminster Royal College
• Tecnologico de Monterrey
• Sir Winston Churchill Institute

• The Battle of Celaya in 1915 was a turning point in the Mexican Revolution. Celaya was also the capital of the state of Guanajuato for a short period.

• Guernica, Spain
• Oaxaca, Mexico
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

• Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

• Guanajuato Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

• Municipio de Celaya Official website
• Diócesis de Celaya

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the celaya airport has as of January 22, 2007 opened flights in and out giving the city a chance to open it's doors to tourism