Querétaro

[ ke-re-tah-raw ]

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noun

a state in central Mexico. 4,432 sq. mi. (11,480 sq. km).
a city in and the capital of this state, in the SW part: republican forces executed Emperor Maximilian here 1867.

Querétaro

/ keˈretaro /

an inland state of central Mexico: economy based on agriculture and mining. Capital: Querétaro. Pop: 1 402 010 (2000). Area: 11 769 sq km (4544 sq miles)
a city in central Mexico, capital of Querétaro state: scene of the signing (1848) of the treaty ending the US-Mexican War and of the execution of Emperor Maximilian (1867). Pop: 913 000 (2005 est)

When taken prisoner at Queretaro, he was tried and executed under circumstances that are well known.

Forty miles beyond lay Queretaro; a large and well-built town of 40,000 inhabitants, surrounded by gardens and orchards.

The little state of Queretaro has little to boast but its agriculture, but to the north of it is a country of mines and pasturage.

Queretaro was founded by the Aztecs about four hundred years ago, and was captured by the Spaniards in 1531.

Again he ordered Herrera to move on Queretaro, when he marched to Guadalupe and issued a call for a junta to meet on the 16th.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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