Abstract

GARCIA ESTRADA, Mariana Lorena. Urbanization and Industrialization in Queretaro City during the XXth Century. Revista Col. San Luis [online]. 2022, vol.12, n.23, 00012.  Epub May 27, 2024. ISSN 2007-8846.  https://doi.org/10.21696/rcsl122320221373.

This article analyzes the urbanization of the Querétaro city in the 20th century, this city is located in the center of the country approximately 200 km northwest of Mexico City and is part of the Bajío region. For this it was necessary to carry out a historical analysis based on the hemerographic and bibliographic review of Querétaro city, as well as the consultation of data in official sources. The foregoing was complemented with the information obtained from what was observed in the field and the cartographic analysis that contributed to explain what was stated in the text. The contribution of the research lies in highlighting how the national and regional historical context is related to economic processes and international policy and this in turn has its consequences at the local level, taking as an example the Querétaro city, a medium-sized Latin American city that shares its history and urbanization process with many others on the continent and in which its space has been made available to capital.

Keywords : urbanization; industrialization; Queretaro city; El Bajio; economic processes.