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Landmark Attractions In Amealco de Bonfil

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Amealco is a town in the Mexican state of Querétaro. Its name is thought to mean place of springs in Nahuatl. The municipality seat, also called Amealco, is located 63 km southeast of Santiago de Querétaro. Its elevation is 2,605 meters above sea level, and the annual temperature ranges from 15 to 20 °C. It is one of the oldest settlements of Querétaro, being founded in 1538 by Fernando de Tapia and Nicolás de San Luis Montañez, who would also found the State capital. In the early 19th century, a group of French and Spanish entrepreneurs settled in the city and began the logging industry, which at its peak was one of the main suppliers of wood to...
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  • 1. EL Oro de Hidalgo Pueblo Magico El Oro
    The name El Oro de Hidalgo , is not from Nahuatl, like most other municipality names in the state, but from Spanish, and simply means the gold. It has subsequently been given an alternative Nahuatl name of Teocuitlatl, meaning sacred excrement, referring to gold. Its seal, in the form of an Aztec glyph, contains elements referring to gold and to caves, of which there are many in the municipality. The municipality is located in the northwest of the State of Mexico, 96 km from the state capital of Toluca, and is bounded by the municipalities of Temascalcingo to the north, Jocotitlán to the east, San Felipe del Progreso and San José del Rincón to the south, and by the state of Michoacán to the west. As of 2005, the municipal seat with the formal name of El Oro de Hidalgo had a population ...
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