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 * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...

(Cristóbal Colón, in

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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

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runs through it. The

Otomi people The Otomi (; es, Otomí ) are an indigenous people of Mexico inhabiting the central Mexican Plateau (Altiplano) region. The Otomi are an indigenous people of Mexico who inhabit a discontinuous territory in central Mexico. They are linguisticall ...

inhabited this land, which was called Hospadá, meaning land of vultures. The Chichimeca Jonaz people displaced them to the south around the 14th century. * 1531 The Spaniards arrive, allied with the

Chichimec Chichimeca () is the name that the Nahua peoples of Mexico generically applied to nomadic and semi-nomadic peoples who were established in present-day Bajio region of Mexico. Chichimeca carried the meaning as the Roman term "barbarian" that des ...

s and built a fort called San Isidro. * 1550 Formal founding of the town, renamed Tolimanejo. In the same year Ajuchitlán and

Zamorano The Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School ( es, link=no, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano), generally known as ''El Zamorano'' or ''Zamorano'', is a private, coeducational university located in the valley of the Yeguare river, Hond ...

were founded. * 1687 Soriano 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 Airport Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities. Its capi ...

starts operations, it is partly on Colón soil, near

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. * 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 Querétaro.

Economy

The airline Regional Cargo has its headquarters on the property of

and in Colón.Contact Us
." Regional Cargo. Retrieved on August 15, 2011. "Corporate Offices International Airport of Querétaro Carretera estatal 200 Querétaro - Tequisquiapan No. 22500 Bodegas 9 y 10 Galeras, Querétaro. C.P. 76295"
Address in Spanish
: "Oficinas Corporativas Aeropuerto Internacional de Querétaro Bodegas 9 y 10 Carretera Estatal 200 Querétaro - Tequisquiapan No. 22500 C.P. 76295 Colón, Querétaro. México "

References

Populated places in Querétaro 1550 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{Querétaro-geo-stub

Economy

See also

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