Cadereyta de Montes Municipality

Cadereyta de Montes
Municipality
Town hall of the city of Cadereyta
Town hall of the city of Cadereyta
Official seal of Cadereyta de Montes
Location of Cadereyta de Montes
Coordinates: 19°54′34″N 99°08′41″W / 19.90944°N 99.14472°W / 19.90944; -99.14472
Country Mexico
StateQuerétaro
Municipal seatCadereyta
Municipal Status1818
Government
 • Municipal PresidentAstrid Alejandra Ortega Vázquez
Elevation
(of seat)
2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Municipality33,907
 • Seat
20,610
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
Postal code (of seat)
55650
Website(in Spanish) http://www.cadereytademontesqueretaro.gob.mx/

Cadereyta de Montes (Spanish: [kaðeˈɾejta ðe ˈmontes] ) is a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Querétaro. The municipality is the second most extensive in the state.

It was a post from which the main trade routes were defended from attacks by the indigenous people of the Sierra Gorda.