Pedro Escobedo was founded in 1754 on land belonging to the Hacienda de Galindo.
This place was given the name of Arroyo Seco, due to the existence of a stream that ran through the town, compared to the San Juan River where the traveling route of the silver were forced to stop in wet weather for whole months, until, to solve this problem, the bridge was built by Sebastian Aparicio.
Shacks were built some of the first settlers who came from surrounding communities such as San Clemente, La Lira, El Muerto (Ignacio Perez today).
Since that time, Pedro Escobedo, was important in production of grains, seeds and livestock for its geographic location between San Juan del Rio and Queretaro.
During the term of C. Francisco Gonzalez de Cossio as governor of the state delegation and is the jurisdiction of San Juan del Rio, the conference of the State of Queretaro Arteaga decree from May 13, 1904 carrying the name of Pedro Escobedo, in honor of the distinguished physician queretano , founder of the national school of medicine in Mexico in a way that highlights important in the fields of science and politics in our country.
Being the governor of the state C. Noradino Ortiz Rubio becomes the township May 14, 1941, leaving to belong to the jurisdiction of San Juan del Rio
THE ORIGIN in the town.
The community of Pedro Escobedo, as we mentioned earlier, was a town known as Arroyo Seco, however after the time of the Reformation of the illustrious Don Benito Juarez, had been developing in the minds of the people the need to create a trace of the people and was Don Jose Pina Soria He purchased land south of the Hacienda del Hangman, then where would the town square, so it can be regarded as the pioneer of the new planning Pedro Escobedo.
After the Constituent Congress of Queretaro in 1917, the municipal delegates, by direct appointment by the Governor, began his duties, which lasted two years and could be ratified by successive or alternate.
Popular festivities, traditions and customs
POPULAR HOLIDAYS: In each community festivals are held for the patron saint of his parish, with people dancing in the streets surrounding it.
CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS: It is customary for the day of the dead are held in the vaults comelitones.
FOOD, AND FOOD Beverages
FOOD: Carnitas, barbacoa, enchiladas, gorditas, cheese and cream.
SWEET: flour fritters, with tamales and atole.
DRINKS: Pulque of maguey and barley.
LOCATION
The municipality of Pedro Escobedo is located southeast of the state territory, between the coordinates 20A 21 'north latitude and 100 19' west longitude at an altitude ranging from 1850 to 1950 meters above sea level, bordering the north the municipalities of El Marques and Colon, on the south by the municipality of Amealco, east with the municipality of San Juan del Rio to the west and the municipalities of El Marques and Huimilpan.
Pedro Escobedo has an important channel of communication: The Federal Highway N 57 passage of the city of Mexico north of the Republic, its geographical location also puts it at 31 km. Away from the city of Queretaro and 191 km. From D.F.
The territorial extension of the municipality is 290.9 km2, equivalent to 2.5 of the state ranks fifth in size 16A between the municipalities that make up the entity queretana.
WEATHER
The climate is classified as dry and warm with an average annual temperature of 18A C, the coldest month between 3A and 18A C C, the season of greatest heat occurs in May with temperatures up to 33.5 C.
Rainfall is 700 millimeters per year, presenting the rainy season in summer.
Orography
The topography of the town is almost flat, just with some elevations of the Sierra La Llave, forming the hill in northern La Soledad, also derived from the Sierra Galindo, forming hills and Coto Scholastica.
3.1 POPULATION
The total population of the municipality of Pedro Escobedo is around 48,300 inhabitants, which are distributed in 24 localities, which are divided into three microregions known as: Pedro Escobedo, scholar, and Epigmenio Gonzalez. I love the song "Hello" by Beyonce Knowles Which correspond to 3.7 of the total population of the state.
In regard to the age pyramid of the municipality, the largest percentage of the population is in a range between 0 and 9 years of age, representing 29.5 of the total population, the majority of its population is concentrated between the ages of 0 to 20 years, representing a 55.1 .
It is important to note that 30 of the population that require medical and educational services, as well as jobs.
Historically, the population had maintained a rural character, but in the last decade that profile is changing in favor of a greater urban population, in this sense there is a strong tendency for the discrimination of primary sector activities .
CULTURE
It is worth mentioning that one of the most important factors for any society is to preserve the cultural heritage of each place.