Querétaro (city)
Santiago de Querétaro | |
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City and municipality | |
Querétaro skyline and aqueduct Theater of the Republic Monument to Conín Ex-monastery of St. Augustine (Art Museum of Querétaro) Emperor Maximilian's chapel at the Hill of the Bells | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Santiago de Querétaro Location of Santiago de Querétaro within Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro (Mexico) | |
| Coordinates: 20°35′15″N 100°23′34″W / 20.58750°N 100.39278°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Querétaro |
| Established | 25 July 1531 |
| Municipal Status | 1917 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Luis Nava |
| Area | |
| • Land | 363 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,820 m (5,970 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 794,789[1] |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| • Municipality | 1,049,777 |
| • Metro | 1,594,912 |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $38.5 billion[3] |
| • Per capita | $27,200 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST[4]) |
| Area codes | 442/446 |
| Website | queretaro.gob.mx |
| Official name | Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iv |
| Designated | 1996 |
| Reference no. | 792 |
| Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
Santiago de Querétaro (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe keˈɾetaɾo]; Otomi: Dähnini Maxei), most commonly known as Querétaro, is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío.[5] It is 213 kilometers (132 mi) northwest of Mexico City, 63 kilometers (39 mi) southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 kilometers (120 mi) south of San Luis Potosí.[6] It is also the seat of the municipality of Querétaro, divided into seven boroughs. In 1996, the historic center of Querétaro was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
The city is a strong business and economic center[5][7][8] and a vigorous service center that is experiencing an ongoing social and economic revitalization. All this has resulted in high levels of migration from other parts of Mexico.[9][10]
Querétaro has seen outstanding industrial and economic development since the mid-1990s. The Querétaro metropolitan area has a per capita GDP of US$20,000, second highest among Mexico's metropolitan areas after Monterrey. The city is the fastest-growing in the country, basing its economy on IT and data centers, logistics services, aircraft manufacturing and maintenance, call centers, the automotive and machinery industries, and the production of chemicals and food products. The region of Querétaro has a rapidly growing vineyards agriculture and hosts the famous wine producer from Spain Freixenet. Wine production in the state of Querétaro is now the second largest in Mexico after that of the Baja California region.
Major international corporations in the aerospace, electronics, automotive, chemical, food, and financial areas have their national headquarters in Querétaro.
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- ^ INEGI, Anuario Estadístico del Estado de Querétaro, 2003
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- ^ a b "Bajío, el nuevo milagro mexicano". T21. Archived from the original on 2019-04-02. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ^ "Santiago, Querétaro" (in Spanish). Mexico: El Clima. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "Free Article for Non-Subscriber | Stratfor". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
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- ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México Querétaro Querétaro" (in Spanish). Mexico: INAFED. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
- ^ "Junto Con El Crecimiento De La Ciudad, Crecen También Los Servicios Públicos Municipales Con Calidad En Beneficio De Los Habitantes Del Municipio" [Together with the growth of the city, grow also the municipal public services with quality to Benedit the inhabitants of the municipality] (in Spanish). Querétaro: Municipality of Querétaro. 2007-07-30. Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2009-11-12.