Querétaro
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Querétaro (Spanish pronunciation: [keˈɾetaɾo]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro; Otomi: Hyodi Ndämxei), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro. It is located in north-central Mexico, in a region known as Bajío. It is bordered by the states of San Luis Potosí to the north, Guanajuato to the west, Hidalgo to the east, México to the southeast and Michoacán to the southwest.
Querétaro
Ndämxei (Otomí) | |
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Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro (Spanish) Hyodi Ndämxei (Otomí) | |
Coordinates: 20°35′N 100°23′W | |
Country | Mexico |
Capital and largest city | Santiago de Querétaro |
Largest metro | Greater Querétaro |
Municipalities | 18 |
Admission | December 23, 1823[1] |
Order | 11th |
Government | |
• Governor | Mauricio Kuri González |
• Senators[2] | José Alfredo Botello Montes Estrella Rojas Loreto Gilberto Herrera Ruiz |
• Deputies[3] |
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Area | |
• Total | 11,699 km2 (4,517 sq mi) |
Ranked 27th | |
Highest elevation | 3,360 m (11,020 ft) |
Population (2020)[6] | |
• Total | 2,368,467 |
• Rank | 22nd |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
• Rank | 7th |
Demonym | Queretano (a) |
GDP | |
• Total | MXN 656 billion (US$32.7 billion) (2022) |
• Per capita | (US$13,266) (2022) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST[8]) |
Postal code | 76 |
Area code |
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ISO 3166 code | MX-QUE |
HDI | 0.767 high Ranked 12th of 32 |
Website | Official Web Site |
The state is one of the smallest in Mexico, but also one of the most heterogeneous geographically,[9][10] with ecosystems varying from deserts to tropical rainforest, especially in the Sierra Gorda, which is filled with microecosystems. The area of the state was located on the northern edge of Mesoamerica, with both the Purépecha Empire and Aztec Empire having influence in the extreme south, but neither really dominating it. The area, especially the Sierra Gorda, had a number of small city-states, but by the time the Spanish arrived, the area was independent from imperial powers. Small agricultural villages and seminomadic peoples lived in the area. Spanish conquest was focused on the establishment of Santiago de Querétaro, which still dominates the state culturally, economically and educationally.
For many years, the official name of the state was Querétaro Arteaga,[lower-alpha 1] but in 2008 the State Legislature approved the adoption of the simpler name Querétaro.[12]