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Capitals of states of Mexico

  • Querétaro (city)On the 25th of July 1531, a Spanish soldier named Hernán Pérez Bocanegra y Córdoba arrived at a hill called Sangremal. He stood there with an Otomi leader…
  • GuadalajaraIn early 1532, a Basque conquistador named Cristóbal de Oñate established the first colonial settlement in the region of Guadalajara.
  • Puebla (city)The city of Puebla de los Ángeles emerged in 1531 within the Valley of Cuetlaxcoapan, a region historically used for flower wars between indigenous…
  • TolucaIn 1473, the Aztec emperor Axayacatl renamed the settlement Tollocan after destroying its rival city Calixtlahuaca. The name derives from the god Tolo and…