Cadereyta de Montes () is a city and municipality in Querétaro,

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The municipality is the second most extensive in the state. Ezequiel Montes en Queretaro

The city was founded in 1640, and received its current name in two stages: first in 1642 in honor of Viceroy Don

Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta Lope is an old given name of Basque, Gascon and Spanish origin, derived from Latin ''lupus'', meaning "wolf". Lope may refer to: *Lope de Isásaga (1493–1515), Basque Spanish ''conquistador'' *Lope de Aguirre (1510s – 1561), Basque Spanish ''c ...

, and then in 1904 after the lawyer Ezequiel Montes. From its conception during the Spanish rule of Mexico, the city was intended to become quite important. It received the status of ''

Alcaldía mayor An ''alcaldía mayor'' was a civil division of the government of New Spain New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( es, Virreinato de Nueva España, ), or Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empi ...

'' in 1689, thus becoming the dominant city in this part of the state. It was a post from which the main trade routes were defended from attacks by the

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of the

Sierra Gorda The Sierra Gorda () is an ecological region centered on the northern third of the Mexican state of Querétaro and extending into the neighboring states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí. Within Querétaro, the ecosystem extends from ...

. A famous greenhouse called ''Finca Schmoll'' is in the city, preserving a large collection of

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s open to the public. The population of the municipality grew from 51,688 in 2000 to 57,204 in 2005.

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Populated places in Querétaro Pueblos Mágicos 1640 establishments in New Spain {{Querétaro-geo-stub