Santiago de Querétaro,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 current Constitution of Mexico,formally the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States,was drafted in Santiago de Querétaro,in the State of Querétaro,Mexico,by a constituent convention during the Mexican Revolution. It was approved by the Constituent Congress on 5 February 1917,and was later amended several times. It is the successor to the Constitution of 1857,and earlier Mexican constitutions. "The Constitution of 1917 is the legal triumph of the Mexican Revolution. To some it is the revolution."
María Josefa Crescencia Ortiz Téllez–Girón,popularly known as Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez or La Corregidora was an insurgent and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence,which fought for independence against Spain,in the early 19th century. She was married to Miguel Domínguez,corregidor of the city of Querétaro,hence her nickname.
Mariano Palacios Alcocer is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He is a former governor of Querétaro and has presided twice over the PRI.
Silvia Hernández Enríquez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as Secretary of Tourism from December 1994 to December 1997.
Héctor Israel Ortiz Ortiz is a Mexican lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Tlaxcala from 2005 to 2011.
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 city 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.
Ignacio Loyola Vera is a Mexican politician. A member of the National Action Party (PAN),he served as Governor of Querétaro from 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2003.
The national symbols of Mexico are the flag,the most coat of arms and the anthem. The flag is a vertical tricolor of green,white,and red. The coat of arms features a golden eagle eating a snake on top of a cactus.
This is a list of events that happened in 2008 in Mexico.
Mario Virginio Ortiz Velásquez is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward most recently for Cafetaleros de Tapachula in the Ascenso MX.
This is a list of events that happened in 2009 in Mexico. The article also lists the most important political leaders during the year at both federal and state levels.
Presidential elections were held in Mexico on 17 November 1929. The winner of these elections was to serve the remainder of the 1928–1934 term for which Álvaro Obregón had been elected to the previous year before his assassination.
Faustino Francisco Félix Chávez is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as a federal deputy in the 62nd Congress,representing Sonora's sixth district. He was elected municipal president of Cajeme in 2015.
Mauricio Ortiz Proal is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2006 to 2009 he served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro.
Jorge Arana Arana is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Jalisco.
Jesús María Rodríguez Hernández is a Mexican politician from the Institutional Revolutionary Party. From 2009 to 2012 he served as Deputy of the LXI Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro.
Natividad Herminia Álvarez Herrera (1888–1955) was a Mexican Revolutionary War veteran,propagandist and personal tutor and governess for the children of Venustiano Carranza. She was the founder of the Confederación Femenil Mexicana.
JoséTimoteo Martínez Pérez is a Mexican politician from the institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). From 2000 to 2003 he served as a federal deputy in the 58th Congress,representing Querétaro's first district. He also served as municipal president of San Joaquín,Querétaro,from 1991 to 1994.
Rafael Camacho Guzmán was a Mexican trade union and political leader,member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and governor of Queretaro from 1979 to 1985.
