Municipalities of Querétaro
is a state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 18 municipalities.
Municipalities in Queretaro are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors. Municipalities are responsible for public services, street lighting, public safety, traffic, supervision of slaughterhouses and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. 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.
Municipalities
INEGI code | Municipality | Municipal Seat | Area | Population | Population density | Human Development Index |
001 | Amealco de Bonfil Municipality | Amealco | 682.1 | 56,457 | 82.8 | 0.6803 |
002 | Pinal de Amoles Municipality | Pinal de Amoles | 705.37 | 25,325 | 35.9 | 0.6659 |
003 | Arroyo Seco Municipality | Arroyo Seco | 731.17 | 12,493 | 17.1 | 0.7029 |
004 | Cadereyta de Montes Municipality | Cadereyta | 1,131 | 57,204 | 50.6 | 0.7074 |
005 | Colón Municipality | Colón | 807.15 | 51,625 | 64.0 | 0.7036 |
006 | Corregidora Municipality | El Pueblito | 245.8 | 104,218 | 424.0 | 0.8535 |
007 | Ezequiel Montes Municipality | Ezequiel Montes | 298.28 | 34,729 | 116.4 | 0.7534 |
008 | Huimilpan Municipality | Huimilpan | 388.4 | 32,728 | 84.3 | 0.6824 |
009 | Jalpan de Serra Municipality | Jalpan | 1,185.1 | 22,025 | 18.6 | 0.7178 |
010 | Landa de Matamoros Municipality | Landa de Matamoros | 840.1 | 18,905 | 22.5 | 0.6606 |
011 | El Marqués Municipality | La Cañada | 787.4 | 79,743 | 101.3 | 0.7295 |
012 | Pedro Escobedo Municipality | Pedro Escobedo | 290.9 | 17,007 | 58.5 | 0.7598 |
013 | Peñamiller Municipality | Peñamiller | 694.9 | 56,553 | 81.4 | 0.7023 |
014 | Querétaro Municipality | Santiago de Querétaro | 759.9 | 734,139 | 966.1 | 0.8560 |
015 | San Joaquín Municipality | San Joaquín | 499 | 7,634 | 15.3 | 0.6593 |
016 | San Juan del Río Municipality | San Juan del Río | 799.9 | 208,462 | 260.6 | 0.8035 |
017 | Tequisquiapan Municipality | Tequisquiapan | 343.6 | 54,929 | 159.9 | 0.7827 |
018 | Tolimán Municipality | Tolimán | 724.7 | 23,963 | 33.1 | 0.7096 |
Total | 11,914.8 | 1,598,139 |