Ezequiel Montes, Querétaro
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Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....

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99.59° W Municipal president Martin Vega Vega (PRI) Municipal sindico Ignacio Dorantes Esquivel (PAN
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298.28 km² Population
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Ezequiel Montes is a municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro. Its seat is the town of the same name, founded in 1861 by Julián Velázquez Feregrino. Its original name was Corral Blanco.

The municipality was created in 1940, including the nearby towns of Bernal and Villa Progreso. As such, the municipality contains Saint Michael's temple, which was built from the 16th to the 18th centuries by the indigenous Otomies who lived in Querétaro and Jilotepec.

The main attractions are La Peña de Bernal
La Peña de Bernal
Peña de Bernal At 350 meters it is the third-tallest monolith in the world, after the Rock of Gibraltar and Sugarloaf Mountain. Peña de Bernal (in English: Bernal's Boulder or Bernal Peak) At 350 meters (1150 ft) it is the third-tallest monolith in the world, after the Rock of Gibraltar...

, Freixenet
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Freixenet is a Cava producer in Spain, located west of Barcelona in Catalonia. Cava is a sparkling wine produced in Spain.Freixenet was started after the union of two Spanish families with a lengthy history in winemaking: the Ferrers, owners of La Freixeneda, a 12th-century farming estate in Sant...

vineyards and Villa Progreso.

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