Dolores Hidalgo is the name of a city and the municipality that lies around it in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato . The full name is Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional , which is Spanish for `` Dolores Hidalgo Cradle of National Independence '' . Dolores Hidalgo ( in full , Dolores Hidalgo Cuna de la Independencia Nacional is the name of a city and the surrounding municipality in the north-central part of the Mexican state of Guanajuato .