Amealco is a
town
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in the
Mexican
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state
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Querétaro
Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...
.
Its name is thought to mean ''place of springs'' in
Nahuatl
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. The municipality seat, also called Amealco, is located 63 km southeast of
Santiago de Querétaro
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. Its elevation is 2,605 meters above sea level, and the annual temperature ranges from 15 to 20 °C. It is one of the oldest settlements of
Querétaro
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, being founded in 1538 by Fernando de Tapia (also known as ''Conín'') and Nicolás de San Luis Montañez, who would also found the State capital.
In the early 19th century, a group of
French
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and
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entrepreneurs settled in the city and began the logging industry, which at its peak was one of the main suppliers of wood to Mexico City, and also exported wood to France and the United States. The governments of these two countries issued diplomas kept in the Palacio Municipal that certify the quality of Amealco's products.
The Hñähñu or
Otomí people
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are concentrated in the southern and eastern parts of the municipality, in 34 settlements. The main ones are Santiago Mexquititlán and San Ildefonso Tultepec. They number around 20,000 people, or 36% of the total population. Amealco is the municipality with the highest concentration of indigenous people, with almost 80% of the State's total.
Notable people
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Macedonia Blas Flores
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, women's rights activist
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Monseñor Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, Obispo de la arquidioses de León y Monterrey, Arzobispo de Morelia y Delegado Apostólico de México ante la Santa Sede. Participó como uno de los más destacados personajes en la “Guerra Cristera”, habiéndose enfrentado a Plutarco Elías Calles defendiendo su causa de evangelización.
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Ricardo Pozas Arciniega
Ricardo Pozas Arciniega (May 4, 1912, Amealco de Bonfil, Querétaro – January 19, 1994, Mexico City) was a distinguished Mexican anthropologist, scientific investigator and indigenista. He wrote the classic anthropological works ''Juan Pé ...
, fue un distinguido antropólogo, investigador e indigenista mexicano.
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Roberto Ruiz Obregón
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, Fue pionero de la industria queretana y gran benefactor a favor de la educación, considerado como “Hijo Predilecto de Amealco”, en donde impulsó a la educación y múltiples obras de trascendencia social en bien de la sociedad amealcense
See also
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Mexican rag dolls (Marias)
The best known Mexican rag dolls are those whose origins can be traced back to México City with the creation of a workshop "Centro de Capacitación Mazahua", with the intentions to enhance income opportunities for the Mazahua-Otomí people after t ...
References
Amealco de Bonfil Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México',
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. Accessed on line November 15, 2007.