San Joaquín, Querétaro, Mexico

History | Geography

🇲🇽 San Joaquín is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro in central Mexico.

History Before the Spanish, the site at "Ranas" was a mining centre, principally for cinnabar which was used as a pigment. The "Ranas" site was first mined about 400C.E. In 1622 the village of "San Nicolás Tolentino en el Paraje de las Rana" was founded. In 1682 the community of Ojo de Agua de Ranas was founded.

In 1724 Viceroy Juan de Acuña, 2nd Marquis of Casa Fuerte granted the first land in the municipality. In 1728 the first Spanish mine was opened at San Juan Nepomuceno.

In 1864 the name "San Joaquín" was first used on a map.

Geography The municipality of San Joaquín covers an area of 499 km², and is located between 99° 22' and 99° 39' West longitude, and between 21° 07' and 20° 53' North latitude. Altitude varies from a low of 600 meters to heights of 2,700 meters.

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San Joaquín has a population of over 8,865 people. San Joaquín also forms part of the wider Querétaro state which has a population of over 2,368,467 people. San Joaquín is situated near Santiago de Queretaro.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities San Joaquín has links with:

🇲🇽 Tlaquepaque, Mexico
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Antipodal to San Joaquín is: 80.5,-20.983

Locations Near: San Joaquín -99.5,20.9833

🇲🇽 Jalpan de Serra -99.467,21.217 d: 26.2  

🇲🇽 Colón -100.05,20.783 d: 61.3  

🇲🇽 Tula de Allende -99.334,20.053 d: 104.9  

🇲🇽 Querétaro -100.39,20.593 d: 102.2  

🇲🇽 Santiago de Queretaro -100.395,20.591 d: 102.7  

🇲🇽 Querétaro City -100.395,20.591 d: 102.7  

🇲🇽 Pachuca -98.75,20.1 d: 125.5  

🇲🇽 Pachuca de Soto -98.75,20.1 d: 125.5  

🇲🇽 Apaseo el Alto -100.617,20.45 d: 130.4  

🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende -100.75,20.915 d: 130  

Antipodal to: San Joaquín 80.5,-20.983

🇲🇺 Centre de Flacq 57.718,-20.2 d: 17644  

🇲🇺 Mahébourg 57.7,-20.407 d: 17644.6  

🇲🇺 Rivière du Rempart 57.633,-20.05 d: 17633.4  

🇲🇺 Curepipe 57.517,-20.317 d: 17624.5  

🇲🇺 St Pierre 57.517,-20.217 d: 17623.4  

🇲🇺 Port Louis 57.5,-20.15 d: 17620.9  

🇲🇺 Mauritius 57.499,-20.162 d: 17620.9  

🇲🇺 Moka 57.496,-20.219 d: 17621.3  

🇲🇺 Vacoas-Phoenix 57.493,-20.3 d: 17621.9  

🇲🇺 Port-Louis 57.496,-20.165 d: 17620.7  

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