El Marqués
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| Latitude | 20.31° N | |
| Longitude | 100.09° W | |
| Municipal president | José Gómez Güémez (PAN) | |
| Surface | 787.4 km² | |
| Population (2005) | 79,743 | |
| HDI (2000) | 0.7295 | |
| Time zone (UTC) | -6 UTC CST | |
| GDP (per capita) (2000) | US$4.515,00 | |
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El Marques is a municipality of the State of Querétaro, Mexico. It receives its name from Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, the Marquis of the Villa del Villar del Águila, who built the aqueduct that supplied water to the State capital for centuries. Its seat is the town of La Cañada. It forms part of the Metropolitan Area of Querétaro, and is home to many state of the art industrial parks, as well as to Querétaro International Airport.
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Amealco de Bonfil • Pinal de Amoles • Arroyo Seco • Cadereyta de Montes • Colón • Corregidora • Ezequiel Montes • Huimilpan • Jalpan de Serra • Landa de Matamoros • El Marqués • Pedro Escobedo • Peñamiller • Querétaro • San Joaquín • San Juan del Río • Tequisquiapan • Tolimán |
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