Cadereyta de Montes Municipality

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Cadereyta de Montes
Municipality
Town hall of the city of Cadereyta
Seal
Coordinates: 19°54′34″N 99°08′41″W / 19.90944°N 99.14472°W / 19.90944; -99.14472
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/

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.

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.^[1]

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].

Today Cadereyta is considered one of the pueblos magicos, or magical cities, due to its colonial architecture seen in its churches, extensive culture, and various historical monuments.

The population of the municipality grew from 51,688 in 2000 to 57,204 in 2005.

[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

• Cadereyta de Montes (in Spanish)
• Cadereyta de Montes (in Spanish)
• Encyclopedia of the municipalities of Mexico (in Spanish)