North-Central Mexico

  North-Central Mexico.

North-Central Mexico (Spanish: Centronorte de México) is a region of Mexico consisting of five of the United Mexican States: Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas . It is a region with many colonial-style buildings and a wide variety of landscapes, from the mountains of Zacatecas and Guanajuato, la Huasteca in San Luis Potosi and plains in the Bajio in Querétaro. It is drained by several rivers, such as the Pánuco, the Aguanaval, the Turbio, the Guanajuato, La Laja, the Lerma and the Verde. Hot springs issue from the ground in Aguascalientes and Querétaro. Agriculture is important in the Bajio area.

States

State Official Name

Estado Libre y Soberano de...

 Coat of Arms Capital Largest City Area[1] Population (2010)[2] Order of Admission
to the Federation		 Date of Admission
to the Federation
Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 5,618 km2 (2,169 sq mi) 1,184,996 24 1857-02-05[3]
Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato León 30,608 km2 (11,818 sq mi) 5,486,372 2 1823-12-20[4]
Querétaro Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro Santiago de Querétaro 11,684 km2 (4,511 sq mi) 1,827,937 11 1823-12-23[4]
San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 60,983 km2 (23,546 sq mi) 2,585,518 6 1823-12-22[4]
Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas 75,539 km2 (29,166 sq mi) 1,490,668 10 1823-12-23[4]

Major Cities

Major Cities of Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes Jesús María
Major Cities of Querétaro
Santiago de Querétaro San Juan del Río
Major Cities of San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí Matehuala
Major Cities of Zacatecas
Zacatecas Fresnillo

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "INEGI".
  2. ↑ Censo 2010
  3. ↑ "Calendario de Eventos Cívicos - Febrero".
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.
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