El Marqués, Querétaro
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Latitude
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Longitude
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National Action Party (Mexico)
The National Action Party , is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. The party's political platform is generally considered Centre-Right in the Mexican political spectrum. Since 2000, the President of Mexico has been a member of this party; both houses have PAN pluralities, but the...
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Surface
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Population
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index is a composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human development" and separate "very high human development", "high human development", "medium human development", and "low human development" countries...
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Time zone
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Gross domestic product
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Per capita
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United States dollar
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El Marques is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro
Querétaro
Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....
. It receives its name from Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana
Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana
Don Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Marques de la Villa del Villar del Aguila, was a rich and powerful nobleman and patron of the arts in 18th-century Querétaro, Mexico. In the year 1756 he directed the construction of La Casa de la Marquesa, "the House of the Marchioness", a beautiful home for...
, the Marquis of the Villa del Villar del Águila, who built the aqueduct that supplied water to the State capital for centuries. Its seat is the town of La Cañada. It forms part of the Metropolitan Area of Querétaro, and is home to many state of the art industrial parks, as well as to Querétaro International Airport
Querétaro International Airport
Querétaro International Airport is an international airport located in the Municipalities of Colón and El Marques, Querétaro, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Querétaro and can also be used as an alternate airport to Mexico City's International...
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