| Official Name: | San Francisco del Rincón |
| Nickname: | Capital del Sombrero |
| Settlement Type: | City and municipality |
| Total Type: | Municipality |
| Seal Size: | 100px |
| Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of San Francisco del Rincon in Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 21.0228°N -101.86°W |
| Elevation M: | 1750 |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Area Land Km2: | 415.73 |
| Area Blank1 Title: | City |
| Area Blank1 Km2: | 16.47 |
| Area Total Km2: | 425.4 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 130871 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | City |
| Population Blank1: | 79772 |
| Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Demonym: | Francorrinconense or Francorrinconés[2] |
| Website: | Municipio de San Francisco del Rincón |
San Francisco del Rincón is a city and municipality in the western part of the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The city serves as the municipal seat for the municipality of San Francisco del Rincón. The city lies at the extreme northwest corner of the municipality.
The settlement was founded as San Francisco del Tule on January 21, 1607 by a group of families of the Purépecha and Hñähñu (Otomi) ethnicities. It was declared a villa (town) on September 6, 1865 and a city on March 27, 1867. It is located at, at an approximate altitude of 1,721 meters.
The population of the municipality in the 2010 census was 113,570 people, of whom 71,139 lived in the city of San Francisco del Rincón. The municipality has an areal extent of 415.73 km2 (160.51 sq mi). The city is the sixth-largest community in the state in population.
The city is home to Atlético San Francisco football club. The Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum lies within the municipality.[3]