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 ...

is a state in North Central

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, divided into 18

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. According to the 2020 Mexican

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, it is the twenty-first most populated state out of thirty-two with inhabitants and the sixth smallest by land area spanning . The largest municipality by population is

, with 1,049,777 residents (44.32% of the state's total), while the smallest is

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with 8,359 residents. The largest municipality by land area is

Cadereyta de Montes Cadereyta de Montes () is a city and municipality in Querétaro, Mexico. The municipality is the second most extensive in the state. The city was founded in 1640, and received its current name in two stages: first in 1642 in honor of Viceroy Don ...

, with an area of , and the smallest is Corregidora with . The newest municipalities are

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Pedro Escobedo Pedro Escobedo en Queretaro

Pedro Escobedo is the seat of P ...

and

, established in 1941. Municipalities in Queretaro are administratively autonomous of the state government according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a

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(Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a

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system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.

Municipalities

File:Juriquilla, Querétaro skyline torres Juriquilla Santa Fe 3.jpg, alt=Skyline of Santiago de Querétaro, Quéretaro, whose seat is the capital of the state, is the largest municipality by population in Querétaro. File:Hacienda_Galindo,_San_Juan_del_Rio,_Querétaro-_Galindo_Ranch,_Querétaro_(24173646779).jpg, alt=Hacienda Galindo, a building in San Juan del Río, San Juan del Río, the second largest municipality by population File:Hacienda_de_Chichimequillas,_Querétaro_(23914610553).jpg, alt=Hacienda de Chichimequillas a building in El Marqués,

El Marqués 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. I ...

, a suburb of the capital city, is the fastest growing and third largest municipality by population in Querétaro.

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