Querétaro (city)

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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. 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. 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 business and economic center and a 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. 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...

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