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)
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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)
Querétaro in American English
(kəˈreɪtəˌroʊ; Spanish kɛˈʀɛtɑˌʀɔ)
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state of central Mexico: 4,544 sq mi (11,769 sq km); pop. 1,051,000