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Queretaro:
Queretaro
State is one of the smallest in extension in Mexico with
a population of approximately 1'404,306 inhabitants,
since its greatness rests so much in architecture, as
its wealth in historical facts, its beautiful spots, its
thermal waters and curative, large heights to escalate
and also caverns to descend and explore.
Located
in the south of the
central table,
Queretaro limits to the north
and northwest with the
State of San Luis Potosi; to the
east with the State of Hidalgo;
to the south, with the State of Michoacan
and to the southwest, west and northwest with the State
of Guanajuato.
Queretaro
limits to three rivers: the Santa María
de Acapulco, the Moctezuma
and the Lerma.
Its
fast industrial development contrasts with the great
beauty of its capital city, the historic downtown areas
of which were declared Heritage of Mankind by the
UNESCO.
Its
excellent geographic location helped Queretaro
to be the scene of most important chapters of Mexican
history.
Queretaro
is split into 18 municipalities and each one of them has
its own tourism resources, that
they invite to enjoy a rest depending on their
pleasures, climate or landscapes.
The
Queretaro
climate is a gift for the lovers of the nature. Within
territory is changing for the variety of heights on the
level of the sea. Thanks to this, the spectacle
panoramic that it can be appreciated within the entity
is: El Chaparral Espinoso
(The Prickly Chaparral), El Matorral
Desértico (The Desert
Scrub), El Sotobosque
and El Bosque de Encino y Pino
(The Forest of Oak and Pine).
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