page_title: Querétaro City
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Querétaro City / History
caption_attribution_description: English: "El Danzante" (The Dancer), Sculpture by Juan Velasco y Perdomo, Queretaro Español: El Danzante, obra del escultor Juan Velasco y Perdomo, Querétaro
context_page_description: Santiago de Querétaro, known simply as Querétaro City, 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 northwest of Mexico City, 63 kilometers southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 kilometers south of San Luis Potosí. The city of Querétaro is divided into seven boroughs: Josefa Vergara y Hernández, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Centro Histórico, Cayetano Rubio, Santa Rosa Jáuregui, Félix Osores Sotomayor and Epigmenio González. In 1996, the historic center of Querétaro was declared a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO.
  It is a strong business and economic centre and a vigorous service city that is experiencing an ongoing social and economic revitalization.
  Querétaro has seen an outstanding industrial and economic development since the mid-1990s. Querétaro metropolitan area has the 2nd highest GDP per capita among Mexico's metropolitan areas with US$20,000 after Monterrey.
caption: Statue of an traditional dancer in downtown.
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