The city was founded in 1640, and received its current name in two stages: first in 1642 in honor of Viceroy Don Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta, and then in 1904 after the lawyer Ezequiel Montes.
Montes Claros | Trás-os-Montes | Montes de Oca | Lola Montès | Trás-os-montes | Elisa Montés | Ana Montes | Trás-os-Montes (region) | Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley | Montes Universales | Montes de Oca (Santa Fe) | Montes de Oca (comarca) | Montes Alpes | Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta | Ismael Montes | Carlos Montes |