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Nuevo León
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state of Mexico
Nuevo León is a state located in northeastern Mexico that is known for being one of the country's most economically developed and industrialized regions. The state is significant because of its major cities like Monterrey, its role as a center for manufacturing and commerce, and its contribution to Mexico's economy.
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- Instance of
- state of Mexico
- Part of
- Northern Mexico
- Official name
- Nuevo León
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Mexico
- Contains
- General Terán
- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- Monterrey
- Population
- 5189970
- Area
- 64156.0
- Elevation
- 243
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Body of water
- Rio Grande
- Head of government
- Jaime Rodríguez Calderón
- Shares border with
- San Luis Potosí
- Highest point
- Cerro El Potosí
- Official website
- www.nl.gob.mx
- Image
- Centro de Carmen, Carmen, N.L., Mexico - panoramio.jpg
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- inception
- 1824-01-01
- Commons category
- Nuevo León
- postal code
- 64,66,67
- topic's main category
- Category:Nuevo León
- Commons gallery
- Nuevo León
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Nuevo León
- category for people born here
- Category:People from Nuevo León by municipality
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Nuevo León
- twinned administrative body
- Guerrero
- native label
- Nuevo León
- P12749
- empire
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Encyclopedic overview
Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi, and has an extremely narrow international border with the U.S. state of Texas. Covering 64,156 square kilometers (24,771 square miles) and with a population of 5.78 million people, Nuevo León is the thirteenth-largest federal entity by area and the seventh-most populous as of 2020.
Monterrey, the state's capital, is the most populous city in Nuevo León and the ninth-largest in Mexico. Monterrey is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area, the second-largest metropolitan area in the country with an estimated population of 5.3 million people in 2020. About 92% of the state's population lives in the metropolitan area.
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