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Cadereyta de Montes

City in Querétaro, Mexico


Summary

City in Querétaro, Mexico

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Cadereyta de Montes () is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro. The municipality is the second most extensive in the state.

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, 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 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 indigenous people of the Sierra Gorda.

A famous greenhouse called Finca Schmoll is in the city, preserving a large collection of desert plants open to the public.

History

Approximately 7,000 years ago, the Cadereyta region was inhabited by various nomad groups who hunted and collected food to sustain themselves [1]. Wooden tools used by hunter-gatherers, including an atlatl, el Atlatl Violeta, were found by the AEQ - Asociación de Espeleólogos de Querétaro, Queretaro Grotto, in the Cueva del Tesoro and radiocarbon dated to between 7 and 132 CE.

Some of these indigenous groups were the Chichimecas, Pame, and Jonace. These groups were some of the primary inhabitants until the arrival of the Spaniards, the indigenous groups continuously pushed back and fought against the Spanish. From this conflict arose a wave of peace campaigns, which were undertaken by religious missionaries who came from Tecozautla and Huichapan, and the military [2]. In 1639 Viceroy Lope Diez of Armendariz (Marquess of Cadereyta/ Cadreita) fully supported the peace campaigns, which were being led by Captain Alonso of Tovar Guzman. The captain later named the city of Cadereyta in memory of the Marquess of Cadereyta [2]. Around 1640 the Spaniards established the Villa de Cadereyta [1].

Climate

|Jan record high C = 30.0 |Feb record high C = 33.0 |Mar record high C = 40.0 |Apr record high C = 40.0 |May record high C = 38.0 |Jun record high C = 37.0 |Jul record high C = 35.0 |Aug record high C = 33.0 |Sep record high C = 33.0 |Oct record high C = 36.0 |Nov record high C = 32.0 |Dec record high C = 31.0 |year record high C = 40.0 |Jan record low C = -9.0 |Feb record low C = -6.0 |Mar record low C = -2.0 |Apr record low C = 2.0 |May record low C = 4.0 |Jun record low C = 6.0 |Jul record low C = 1.0 |Aug record low C = 0.5 |Sep record low C = 4.0 |Oct record low C = -4.0 |Nov record low C = -5.0 |Dec record low C = -8.0 |year record low C = -9.0

References

[1] De Turismo, S. (n.d.). Cadereyta de Montes, Querétaro. gob.mx. https://www.gob.mx/sectur/articulos/cadereyta-de-montes-queretaro [2] Querétaro - Cadereyta de Montes. (n.d.). https://web.archive.org/web/20160429143433/http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM22queretaro/municipios/22004a.html

References

  1. (August 2025)
  2. (26 January 2024). "Archaeologists baffled by 1,900-year-old weapons in remote cave".
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