San Joaquín Municipality, Querétaro
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San Joaquín is a municipality in the central Mexican state of Querétaro.[1]
History
Before the Spanish, the site at "Ranas" was a mining center, principally for cinnabar which was used as a pigment. The "Ranas" site was first mined about 400C.E.[2] In 1622 the village of "San Nicolás Tolentino en el Paraje de las Rana" was founded.[2] In 1682 the community of Ojo de Agua de Ranas was founded.[1]
In 1724 Viceroy Juan de Acuña, 2nd Marquis of Casa Fuerte granted the first land in the municipality.[1] In 1728 the first Spanish mine was opened at San Juan Nepomuceno.[1]
In 1864 the name "San Joaquín" was first used on a map.[1]
Geography
The municipality of San Joaquín covers an area of 499 km², and is located between 99° 22' and 99° 39' West longitude, and between 21° 07' and 20° 53' North latitude.[1] Altitude varies from a low of 600 meters to heights of 2,700 meters.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Querétaro: San Joaquín". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on 16 June 2005.
- ^ a b "Zona Arqueológica de Ranas" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Prontuario de información geográfica municipal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos: San Joaquín, Querétaro" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: National Institute of Statistics and Geography {INEGI). 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 August 2018.
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(municipal seats)
- Amealco de Bonfil (Amealco)
- Pinal de Amoles (Pinal de Amoles)
- Arroyo Seco (Arroyo Seco)
- Cadereyta de Montes (Cadereyta)
- Colón (Colón)
- Corregidora (El Pueblito)
- Ezequiel Montes (Ezequiel Montes)
- Huimilpan (Huimilpan)
- Jalpan de Serra (Jalpan de Serra)
- Landa de Matamoros (Landa de Matamoros)
- El Marqués (La Cañada)
- Pedro Escobedo (Pedro Escobedo)
- Peñamiller (Peñamiller)
- Querétaro (Santiago de Querétaro)
- San Joaquín (San Joaquín)
- San Juan del Río (San Juan del Río)
- Tequisquiapan (Tequisquiapan)
- Tolimán (Tolimán)
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