Colón, Querétaro 5709717 214039808 2008-05-21T21:31:46Z AlbertHerring 753665 clean up and re-categorisation per [[WP:CFD|CFD]], Replaced: [[Category:Cities and towns in → [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {| align=right border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 class=toccolours width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px #aaa solid" |+ style="margin-left: inherit; font-size: larger;" | '''Colón, [[Querétaro]], [[Mexico]]''' |- | align="center" colspan="2" | {| style="background: none;" |align="center"|[[Image:EscudoCOL.jpg|City Coat of Arms]]<br>'''[[Coat of Arms]]''' |} |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''[[Latitude]]''' || 20.34° N |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''[[Longitude]]''' || 99.56° W |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''Municipal president''' || [[Leobardo Vázquez]] ([[PRI]]) |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''[[Surface]]''' || 764.96 [[Square metre|km²]] |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''[[Population]] (2005)''' || 51,625 |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2000)''' || 0.7036 |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''[[Time zone]]'''&nbsp;([[UTC]]) || -6 UTC [[Central Standard Time Zone|CST]] |- |bgcolor=#E8E7DB| '''[[Gross domestic product|GDP]] ([[per capita]]) (2000)''' || [[United States dollar|US$]]3.319,00 |- | align="center" colspan="2" | {| style="background: none;" |align="center"|'''Official website: http://www.municipiodecolon.gob.mx''' |} |} '''Colón''' is a municipality of the State of Querétaro. It is the only one in the country named after Christopher Columbus. It is home to the Sanctuary of Soriano, where rests the Virgin of Soriano, patroness of the Diocese of Querétaro. In fact, Soriano and Tolimanejo were two different towns until Congress decided to unite them and form the new city of Colón. The economy is centered mainly around poultry and cattle, as well as agriculture. However, this is expected to change radically, since the International Airport of Queretaro (located in part in the municipality) will attract large numbers of aeronautical companies to Colón. As well, tourism will be boosted by the opening of a theme park. {{Municipalities of Querétaro}} [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Querétaro]] [[Category:Municipalities of Querétaro]] {{Querétaro-geo-stub}} [[es:Colón (Querétaro)]]