Querétaro

Querétaro is a state of Mexico.

State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro
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State of Querétaro within Mexico
Coordinates: 20°35′N 100°23′W
Country	Mexico
Capital	Querétaro City
Largest City	Querétaro City
Municipalities	18
Admission	December 23, 1823
Order	11th
Government
• Governor	Francisco Domínguez Servién
• Senators	Guillermo Tamborrel Eduardo Nava Ma. del Socorro García
• Deputies	Federal Deputies • Alfredo Lugo • Reginaldo Rivera • Jesús María Rodríguez • Adriana Fuentes Cortés • Miguel Martínez • Marcela Torres • Sandra Ugalde Basaldúa • Carlos Alberto Ezeta • Rafael Pacchiano Alamán
Area
• Total	11,699 km2 (4,517 sq mi)
	Ranked 27th
Highest elevation	3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	2,038,372
• Rank	22nd
• Density	174.235/km2 (451.266/sq mi)
• Rank	7th
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	76
ISO 3166 code	MX-QUE
HDI	0.760 high Ranked 7th
GDP	US$ 21,754.53 mil
Website	Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP was 402,829,000,000 pesos in 2015, amount corresponding to 21,754,536,726.59 dollars, being a dollar worth 18.49 pesos (value of October 5, 2017).

The word Querétaro dates back to pre-Hispanic times. Some of the people who arrived in the area now occupied by the state gave it different names based on its geographic features. The Tarascans of Michoacán called the spot now known as La Cañada, Crettaro or Queréndaro, which means the place of the crags; they probably gave it this name because there is lots of pink stone there. The Otomíes called it Mxei, which means the place where the ballgame is played. It was also called Ndamaxei, which means the great ballcourt; the Aztecs named it Tlaxco, which has the same meaning. Finally, the Chichimecs called this spot Xico, which also means great ballcourt in their language; it received this name because the La Cañada area is shaped like an enormous pre-Hispanic ballcourt.