The state of Querétaro is located in the Central High Plain.

It has 18 municipalities, 2,481 villages and a population of 1,404,306 (680,966 male and 723,340 female).

The City of Querétaro is its capital, located at 1,820 meters over sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

North 21°40', South 20°01' Lat North; East 99°03', West 100°36' East Long.

LAND SIZE AS A PERCENTAGE

0.6 % of the country's area.

BORDERING STATES

Querétaro de Arteaga borders north with Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí; east with San Luis Potosí and Hidalgo; to the south with Hidalgo, Mexico and Michoacan de Ocampo; west with Guanajuato.

MAIN ELEVATIONS

Cerro El Zamorano     3,360

Cerro El Espolón        3,240

Cerro La Pingüica      3,160

Cerro De La Vega      3,120

HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS

Lerma-Santiago

Pánuco

AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION

Agricultural 28.24%                            Grazing land        2.07%                          Forest      24.22%                                                  

                                                           Jungle         3.95%                    Brush          40.62%                                                 

                                                       Other                0.90%

MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATE

Warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (2.45%)                                        2.45

Semi-warm humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer  (0.68%)                                        0.68

Semi-warm sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer      (20.20%)                                        20.20

Temperate humid with abundant rainfall in the Summer  (20.20%)                                        0.59

Temperate sub-humid with rainfall in the Summer (22.60%)                                        22.60

Semi-dry very warm and warm (0.45%)                                        0.45

Semi-dry semi-warm (9.40%)

Semi-dry temperate (39.53%)

Dry semi-warm (4.10%)