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QUERÉTARO
PINAL DE AMOLES.
PINAL DE AMOLES, A PLEASANT LITTLE
TOWN WITH RED-ROOFED TWO-SIDED
BUILDINGS. IT IS LOCATED IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF THE SAME NAME, IN
ONE OF THE HIGHEST PARTS OF THE
SIERRA GORDA QUERETANA,
SURROUNDED BY CONIFEROUS
FORESTS. IN ITS SURROUNDINGS THERE
ARE CAMPING AREAS.

WHAT ARE ITS ORIGINS? WHAT CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED?

PINAL DE AMOLES HAD ITS ORIGIN WITH THE
DISCOVERY OF THE MINERAL AND MINES OF SAN
JOSÉ ON MARCH 19, 1606. IN 1609, IT WAS
GIVEN THE NAME OF REAL DE SAN JOSÉ. IN 1730,
IT WAS GIVEN THE NAME OF HACIENDA DE SAN
JOSÉ ESCANELA, AND IN 1750 IT WAS CALLED
REAL DE SAN JOSÉ DEL PINAL. IN 1770, TWO
NEIGHBORING TOWNS WERE UNITED, ONE
CALLED REAL DE SAN JOSÉ DEL PINAL AND THE
OTHER PUESTO DE LOS AMOLES; THE NAME REAL
DE SAN JOSÉ DEL PINAL DE LOS AMOLES
REMAINED UNTIL 1894. FINALLY, ON DECEMBER
30 OF THAT SAME YEAR IT WAS CALLED PINAL
DE AMOLES.
THROUGHOUT ITS HISTORY, THE MUNICIPALITY HAS
UNDERGONE SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF
ITS INTEGRATION AND POLITICAL CATEGORY. SINCE
THE MIDDLE OF THE XIX CENTURY IT WAS
CONSTITUTED AS SUCH; HOWEVER, IN 1916 IT LOST
ITS CATEGORY OF MUNICIPALITY AND WAS
INTEGRATED TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF JALPAN DE
SERRA. FINALLY, BY LAW NO. 86 OF DECEMBER 31, 1931,
PROMOTED BY GOVERNOR SATURNINO OSORNIO, IT
RECOVERED ITS MUNICIPAL RANK, WITH THE NAME OF
MUNICIPALITY OF AMOLES, WHICH IT KEPT UNTIL APRIL
23, 1974, WHEN IT RECEIVED THE NAME OF
MUNICIPALITY OF PINAL DE AMOLES, AS IT IS TODAY.

CURIOUS FACT #1 CURIOUS FACT #2 CURIOUS FACT #3

IT IS LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE FIRST SETTLERS WERE PINAL DE AMOLES. THE NAME PINAL
THE SAME NAME, IN ONE OF THE DE AMOLES IS DERIVED FROM THE
GATHERERS AND
HIGHEST PARTS OF THE SIERRA GORDA NAHUATL WORD "ATL = MOLLI"
QUERETANA, SURROUNDED BY HUNTERS, AND THEIR WHICH MEANS SOAP OR WATER
CONIFEROUS FORESTS. IN ITS ARRIVAL IS THOUGHT TO STEW, AND WHOSE ETYMOLOGICAL
SURROUNDINGS THERE ARE CAMPING DATE BACK TO 10,000 A.C. ROOTS ARE: ATL = WATER AND MOLLI
AREAS. = STEW.

HOW ARE YOU DOING NOW?

CURRENTLY IT IS A MUNICIPALITY ORIENTED TO TOURISM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR MOST OF THE TIME IT IS
COLD WHICH MAKES IT VERY COMFORTABLE TO VISIT AND ENJOY. IN ITS MOST TOURISTY PARTS ARE:
1.-MIRADOR DE CUATRO PALOS: THE SIERRA GORDA GIVES YOU BEAUTIFUL, QUIET AND AMAZING VIEWS TO
STAY A GOOD TIME WATCHING.
2. EL SALTO WATERFALL: A BEAUTIFUL WATERFALL WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR A SWIM AND ENJOY THE
BEAUTIFUL NATURE AND ITS MILD CLIMATE.
3. PUENTE DE DIOS / CAÑÓN DE LA ANGOSTURA: A BEAUTIFUL CANYON WHERE YOU CAN GO TO RELAX YOUR
MIND WITH THE DARKNESS AND SUNLIGHT, WITHOUT FORGETTING THE SOUND OF THE DRIPPING WATER.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PHOTOS 1. PINAL DE AMOLES IS ONE OF THE 18 MUNICIPALITIES IN WHICH THE MEXICAN STATE OF QUERÉTARO
IS DIVIDED.
THE MEXICAN STATE OF QUERÉTARO, LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE TERRITORY; ITS CAPITAL IS THE
MUNICIPALITY OF PINAL DE AMOLES.
2. THE FIRST SETTLERS WERE GATHERERS AND HUNTERS, AND IT IS PRESUMED THAT THEIR ARRIVAL
DATES BACK TO 10,000 B.C., LATER HUASTEC AND TOLTEC TRIBES SETTLED IN THIS PLACE,
REGISTERING IN THE CUISILLOS. IT IS LOCATED IN THE TOWNS OF EL CUERVO, PUERTO DE VIGAS, EL
RODEZNO, TONATICO, PUERTO DE VIGAS, PUERTO DE VIGAS, EL RODEZNO, TONATICO, PUERTO DE
VIGAS, PUERTO DE VIGAS, EL RODEZNO
RODEZNO, TONATICO, QUIRAMBAL OR MESA DE SAN JUAN, SAN PEDRO ESCANELA,
EL CANTÓN AND EPAZOTES, AS WELL AS IN THE QUICKSILVER MINES THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT, AT
THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANIARDS, THE PROCESS OF AMALGAMATION OF GOLD BASED ON
QUICKSILVER WAS ALREADY KNOWN. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PAMES HUNTER-GATHERERS
PAMES AND JONACES HUNTER-GATHERERS SETTLED IN THIS REGION.
3. PINAL DE AMOLES, A PLEASANT LITTLE TOWN WITH RED-ROOFED GABLED BUILDINGS. IT IS LOCATED
IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE SAME NAME, IN ONE OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SIERRA
GORDA QUERETANA, SURROUNDED BY CONIFEROUS FORESTS. THERE ARE CAMPING AREAS IN THE
SURROUNDING AREA.
4. MIRADOR CUATRO PALOS, A VIEW OF IMMENSITY
12 KILOMETERS FROM THE MUNICIPAL CAPITAL OF PINAL, IT HAS ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR
VIEWS OF THE SIERRA GORDA QUERETANO.
THE CUATRO PALOS VIEWPOINT IS A PLACE TO CAMP AND OBSERVE THE SIERRA GORDA DE
QUERETARO FROM THE HIGHEST POINT OF QUERETARO FROM THE HIGHEST POINT. IF PUERTA DEL
CIELO IS THE ENTRANCE TO PARADISE, CUATRO PALOS IS THE ROOM. ARRIVING AT DAWN, WHEN THE
SUN RISES OVER THE SEA OF FOG, IS A MEMORY YOU WILL NEVER FORGET.

CARMEN JARELI MUÑOZ RAMIREZ CARLOS JAFET PUENTE LICEA

HUMBERTO LUVIANO GARCIA DE LEON MARIA ESMERALDA RIVERA GUTIERREZ
MARTINEZ DEL CASTILLO PATRICIO ALFONSO