North-Central Mexico is a region of
Mexico consisting of five of the United Mexican States:
Aguascalientes,
Guanajuato,
Querétaro,
San Luis Potosí and
Zacatecas. It is a region with many colonial-style buildings and a wide variety of landscapes, from the mountains of Zacatecas and Guanajuato,
la Huasteca in San Luis Potosi and plains in the
Bajio in Querétaro. It is drained by several rivers, such as the
Pánuco, the
Aguanaval, the
Turbio, the
Guanajuato,
La Laja, the
Lerma and the
Verde. Hot springs issue from the ground in Aguascalientes and Querétaro. Agriculture is important in the Bajio area.