Querétaro

**Querétaro** is a state located in the east of Mexico.

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.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Querétaro
- **official name**: _Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro_
- **settlement type**: States of Mexico, State
- **image flag**: Flag of Queretaro.svg
- **flag size**: 160px
- **image seal**: Coat of arms of Queretaro.svg
- **seal size**: 80px
- **image map**: Queretaro in Mexico (zoom).svg
- **map caption**: State of Querétaro within Mexico
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Mexico
- **subdivision type1**: Capital
- **subdivision name1**: Querétaro City
- **subdivision type2**: List of cities in Mexico, Largest City
- **subdivision name2**: Querétaro City
- **subdivision type3**: Municipalities of Mexico, Municipalities
- **subdivision name3**: Municipalities of Querétaro, 18
- **established title**: Sovereign state, Admission
- **established date**: December 23, 1823
- **established title2**: Territorial evolution of Mexico, Order
- **established date2**: Territorial evolution of Mexico, 11th
- **leader title**: List of Mexican state governors, Governor
- **leader name**: Francisco Domínguez Servién |23px]]
- **leader title1**: Senate of Mexico, Senators
- **leader name1**: Guillermo Enrique Marcos Tamborrel Suárez, Guillermo Tamborrel
Eduardo Tomás Nava Bolaños, Eduardo Nava

María del Socorro García Quiróz, Ma. del Socorro García
- **leader title2**: Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, Deputies
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 11699
- **area note**: List of Mexican states by area, Ranked 27th
- **elevation max m**: 3360
- **population total**: 2,038,372
- **population as of**: 2015
- **population rank**: List of Mexican states by population, 22nd
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density rank**: List of Mexican states by population density, 7th
- **population demonym**: Queretano (a)
- **timezone1**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset1**: −6
- **timezone1 dst**: Central Daylight Time, CDT
- **utc offset1 dst**: −5
- **postal code type**: Postal codes in Mexico, Postal code
- **postal code**: 76
- **area code type**: Area code
- **iso code**: MX-QUE
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI
- **blank info sec1**: 0.760 <span style="color:#090">high</span> <small>List of Mexican states by HDI, Ranked 7th</small>
- **blank name sec2**: GDP
- **blank info sec2**: US$ 21,754.53 Million, mil
- **footnotes**: a. The state's GDP was 402,829,000,000 Mexican peso, pesos in 2015, amount corresponding to 21,754,536,726.59 Dollar coin (United States), dollars, being a dollar worth 18.49 pesos (value of October 5, 2017).