Municipalities of Querétaro

Querétaro is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 18 municipalities.[1]

Map of Mexico with Querétaro highlighted
Municipalities of Querétaro by INEGI code.

Municipalities in Queretaro are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.[2] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).[3] Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, supervision of slaughterhouses and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.[4] They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.[4]

Municipalities
  • Largest municipalities in Querétaro by population
  • Skyline of Querétaro city, the state of Querétaro's largest municipality by population
  • Panorama of San Juan del Río, Querétaro's second largest municipality by population
INEGI code Municipality Municipal Seat Area (km2)[5] Population (2005)[6] Population
density (/km2)[7]		 Human
Development
Index (2000)
001Amealco de Bonfil MunicipalityAmealco682.156,45782.80.6803
002Pinal de Amoles MunicipalityPinal de Amoles705.3725,32535.90.6659
003Arroyo Seco MunicipalityArroyo Seco731.1712,49317.10.7029
004Cadereyta de Montes MunicipalityCadereyta1,13157,20450.60.7074
005Colón MunicipalityColón807.1551,62564.00.7036
006Corregidora MunicipalityEl Pueblito245.8104,218424.00.8535
007Ezequiel Montes MunicipalityEzequiel Montes298.2834,729116.40.7534
008Huimilpan MunicipalityHuimilpan388.432,72884.30.6824
009Jalpan de Serra MunicipalityJalpan1,185.122,02518.60.7178
010Landa de Matamoros MunicipalityLanda de Matamoros840.118,90522.50.6606
011El Marqués MunicipalityLa Cañada787.479,743101.30.7295
012Pedro Escobedo MunicipalityPedro Escobedo290.917,00758.50.7598
013Peñamiller MunicipalityPeñamiller694.956,55381.40.7023
014Querétaro MunicipalitySantiago de Querétaro759.9734,139966.10.8560
015San Joaquín MunicipalitySan Joaquín4997,63415.30.6593
016San Juan del Río MunicipalitySan Juan del Río799.9208,462260.60.8035
017Tequisquiapan MunicipalityTequisquiapan343.654,929159.90.7827
018Tolimán MunicipalityTolimán724.723,96333.10.7096
Total11,914.81,598,139

References
  1. "División municipal. Querétaro". www.cuentame.inegi.org.mx. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos". Article 115,  of 1917 (in Spanish). Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. OECD (November 12, 2004). New Forms of Governance for Economic Development. OECD Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 9264015329.
  4. International Business Publications (2009). Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4330-7030-3.
  5. (in Spanish) Querétaro Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine, Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal, SEGOB. Accessed on line November 16, 2007.
  6. (in Spanish) 2005 census Archived 2011-06-13 at the Wayback Machine, INEGI.
  7. From area and population.
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