Municipio of Querétaro

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Querétaro
location
Basic data
Country Mexico
State Querétaro
Seat Santiago de Querétaro
surface 685.9 km²
Residents 801,940 (2010)
density 1,169.1 inhabitants per km²
Website Municipiodequeretaro.gob.mx
INEGI no. 22014
politics
Presidente municipal Marcos Aguilar Vega
The Parque Joya La Barreta in the municipality of Querétaro
The Parque Joya La Barreta in the municipality of Querétaro

Coordinates: 20 ° 38 ′  N , 100 ° 22 ′  W

Querétaro is a municipality in the Mexican state of the same name , Querétaro . The municipality covers an area of ​​685.9 km². In 2010 the municipality of Querétaro had a population of 801,940 inhabitants.

The administrative seat and most populous place of the municipality is Santiago de Querétaro , the capital of the state. The municipality forms the center of the Zona Metropolitana de Querétaro and is the most populous in the state.

In the municipality lies the Cerro de las Campanas National Park and part of the El Cimatario National Park .

geography

The municipality of Querétaro is located in the west of the state of Querétaro at an altitude between 1700  m and 2800  m . 91% of it belongs to the physiographic province of the Sierra Volcánica Transversal and 9% to the Mesa del Centro . The municipality drains completely over the Río Laja and further over the Río Lerma into the Pacific . Predominant rock types are the igneous Extrusivgesteine basalt (28%), and andesite (24%) at each about 10% of alluvial soil and tuff and 8% sandstone - conglomerate . Soil type of 60% of the municipality is the vertisol , followed by 18% phaeozem . More than 42% of the community area is used for arable farming, around 24% are forested, 16% are urban areas, and 11% are undergrowth.

The municipality of Querétaro borders the municipalities El Marqués , Corregidora and Huimilpan, as well as the state of Guanajuato .

population

The 2010 census counted 801,940 people in 202,791 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 4,267 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language , including 1,321 speakers of the Otomí and 880 speakers of the Nahuatl . A good 3% of the population was illiterate. 362,595 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 61% were men and 4.7% were unemployed. 3.3% of the population lived in extreme poverty.

places

The municipality of Querétaro comprises 272 inhabited localidades , of which the 16 largest are classified as urban by the INEGI . In the 2010 census, 18 towns had a population of over 2000, a further 20 towns had at least 1000 inhabitants, and 149 towns had fewer than 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:

place Residents
Santiago de Querétaro 626.495
Santa Rosa Jáuregui 018,505
San José el Alto 014.094
Juriquilla 013,309
San Pedro Martir 011,552
Santa María Magdalena 009,099
El Salitre 004,408
Tlacote el Bajo 004,396
Buenavista 004.115
Pie de Gallo 004,089
La Solana 003,871
Montenegro 003,844
La Gotera 003,536
Colinas de Santa Cruz Segunda Sección 003,326
San Miguelito 003.133
Puerto de Aguirre 002,678
El Nabo 002,448
Paseos del Pedregal 002,432

Web links

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