Cadereyta de Montes Municipality
Cadereyta de Montes | |
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Municipality | |
Town hall of the city of Cadereyta | |
| Coordinates: 19°54′34″N 99°08′41″W / 19.90944°N 99.14472°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Querétaro |
| Municipal seat | Cadereyta |
| Municipal Status | 1818 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Astrid Alejandra Ortega Vázquez |
| Elevation (of seat) | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Municipality | 33,907 |
| • Seat | 20,610 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Postal code (of seat) | 55650 |
| Website | (in Spanish) http://www.cadereytademontesqueretaro.gob.mx/ |
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Cadereyta de Montes (Spanish: [kaðeˈɾejta ðe ˈmontes] ⓘ) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro. The municipality is the second most extensive in the state.
It was a post from which the main trade routes were defended from attacks by the indigenous people of the Sierra Gorda.