El Marqués

El Marqués, Querétaro, Mexico

Coat of arms

Latitude

20.31° N

Longitude

100.09° W

Municipal president

José Gómez Güémez (PAN)

Area

787.4 km²

Population (2005)

79,743

HDI (2000)

0.7295

Time zone (UTC)

-6 UTC CST

GDP (per capita) (2000)

US$4.515,00

Official website: http://www.elmarques.gob.mx

El Marqués is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro. It receives its name from Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, the Marquis of the Villa del Villar del Águila, who built the aqueduct that supplied water to Querétaro for centuries. Its seat is the town of La Cañada. It forms part of the metropolitan area of Querétaro and has many state-of-the-art industrial parks and Querétaro International Airport.

Municipalities of Querétaro

	Amealco de Bonfil Pinal de Amoles Arroyo Seco Cadereyta de Montes Colón Corregidora Ezequiel Montes Huimilpan Jalpan de Serra Landa de Matamoros El Marqués Pedro Escobedo Peñamiller Querétaro San Joaquín San Juan del Río Tequisquiapan Tolimán

Coordinates: 16°47′44″N 99°49′14″W / 16.7956°N 99.8206°W / 16.7956; -99.8206

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