Colón

Colón is a town in Colón Municipality of the State of Querétaro, Mexico. It is the only one in the country named after Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón, in Spanish). It's the state's third largest municipality, with 815 square kilometers. Its mean altitude is 1900 meters above sea level. The Continental Divide of the Americas runs through it. The Otomi people inhabited this land, which was called Hospadá, meaning land of vultures. The Chichimeca Jonaz people displaced them to the south around the 14th century. The economy is centered mainly around poultry and cattle, as well as agriculture. There are dairy farms and animal food processing factories. New aeronautical companies are expected to invest in the area. Tourism is based on...