Colón, Querétaro
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Colón is a town in Colón Municipality of the State of Querétaro, Mexico. It is the only one in the country named after Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
(Cristóbal Colón, in Spanish
Spanish language
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). It's the state's third largest municipality, with 815 square kilometers. Its mean altitude is 1900 meters above sea level. The Continental Divide of the Americas runs through it.
The Otomi people
Otomi people
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inhabited this land, which was called Hospadá, meaning land of vultures. The Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca
Chichimeca was the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to a wide range of semi-nomadic peoples who inhabited the north of modern-day Mexico and southwestern United States, and carried the same sense as the European term "barbarian"...
people displaced them to the south around the 14th century.
- 1531 The Spaniards arrive, allied with the Chichimecs and built a fort called San IsidroSan IsidroIsidro and Ysidro are Spanish forms of the personal name Isidore. San Isidro or San Ysidro may refer to:-People:* Agot Isidro , Filipina actress...
. - 1550 Formal founding of the town, renamed Tolimanejo. In the same year Ajuchitlán and ZamoranoZamoranoThe Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School , generally known as El Zamorano or Zamorano, is a private, coeducational university located in the valley of the Yeguare river, Honduras. El Zamorano's main focus is agricultural and there are four different programs to choose from in the school....
were founded. - 1687 SorianoSorianoSoriano may refer to: People* Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player for the Chicago Cubs * Antero Soriano, Philippine senator* Edward Soriano, lieutenant-general, U.S. Army...
is founded, just one kilometer from Tolimanejo. - 1882 State Congress decided to unify Soriano and Tolimanejo as the new city of Colón.
- 1920 Rómulo de la Torre becomes the first and only Governor of Querétaro born in Colón
- 1923 Colón became a municipality.
- 2004 Querétaro International AirportQuerétaro International AirportQuerétaro International Airport is an international airport located in the Municipalities of Colón and El Marques, Querétaro, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Querétaro and can also be used as an alternate airport to Mexico City's International...
starts operations, it is partly on Colón soil, near GalerasGalerasGaleras is an Andean stratovolcano in the Colombian department of Nariño, near the departmental capital Pasto. Its summit rises above sea level. It has erupted frequently since the Spanish conquest, with its first historical eruption being recorded on December 7, 1580...
. - 2007 The first aeronautical assembly plant is inaugurated.
The economy is centered mainly around poultry and cattle, as well as agriculture. There are dairy farms and animal food processing factories. New aeronautical companies are expected to invest in the area.
Tourism is based on rock drawings (two sites), water parks, camping sites on forests, sport fishing, and the local Fair. Religious tourism is derived from the Sanctuary of Soriano, which attracts visitors during Holy Week and September.
Colón is present in the State Congress by the Representatives of the 13th District and in the Federal Congress by the Representatives of the 1st Federal Electoral District of the State of Queretaro.
List of recent municipal presidents (mayors):
Economy
The airline Regional CargoRegional Cargo
Regionalcargo Holdings, S.A. de C.V., operating as Regional Cargo, is a Mexican cargo airline. Its headquarters are on the grounds of Querétaro International Airport and in Colón, Querétaro, near Santiago de Querétaro.- History :...
has its headquarters on the property of Querétaro International Airport
Querétaro International Airport
Querétaro International Airport is an international airport located in the Municipalities of Colón and El Marques, Querétaro, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the city of Querétaro and can also be used as an alternate airport to Mexico City's International...
and in Colón.