Flag of the city of Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Santiago de Querétaro (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe keˈɾetaɾo]; Otomi: Dähnini Maxei), most commonly known as Querétaro, is the capital and largest city of the state of Querétaro, located in central Mexico. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío. It is 213 kilometres (132 mi) northwest of Mexico City, 63 kilometres (39 mi) southeast of San Miguel de Allende and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south of San Luis Potosí. It is also the seat of the municipality of Querétaro, divided into seven boroughs. In 1996, the historic centre of Querétaro was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The city is a strong business and economic centre and a vigourous service centre that is experiencing an ongoing social and economic revitalisation. All this has resulted in high levels of migration from other parts of Mexico. Querétaro has seen outstanding industrial and economic development since the mid-1990s. The Querétaro metropolitan area has a per capita GDP of US$20,000, second highest among Mexico's metropolitan areas after Monterrey. The city is the fastest-growing in the country, basing its economy on IT and data centres, logistics services, aircraft manufacturing and maintenance, call centres, the automotive and machinery industries, and the production of chemicals and food products. The region of Querétaro has a rapidly growing vineyards agriculture and hosts the famous wine producer from Spain Freixenet. Wine production in the state of Querétaro is now the second largest in Mexico after that of the Baja California region. Major international corporations in the aerospace, electronics, automotive, chemical, food, and financial areas have their national headquarters in Querétaro.