Nuevo León
state of Mexico
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Nuevo León is a Mexican state established on January 1, 1824 . Its capital is Monterrey . The current head of government is Jaime Rodríguez Calderón .
The state covers an area of 64,000 square kilometers and has a population of approximately 5.2 million people as of 2015 [1]. The capital city sits at an elevation of 243 meters above sea level . The region operates on Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00) .
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Mexico[3]
- Country: Mexico[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rio Grande[5]
- Head of government: Jaime Rodríguez Calderón[6]
- Continent: North America[7]
- Capital: Monterrey[8]
- Shares border with: Texas[9], Tamaulipas[10], Coahuila[11], Zacatecas[12], San Luis Potosí[13]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bustamante Municipality[14], Lampazos de Naranjo Municipality[15], Abasolo Municipality[16], San Pedro Garza García Municipality[17], General Terán[18], San Nicolás de los Garza[19], Linares Municipality[20], Doctor Coss Municipality[21], Salinas Victoria Municipality[22], Santiago[23], Apodaca Municipality[24]
- Flag: flag of Nuevo León[25]
- Twinned administrative body: Chongqing[26], Quebec[27], British Columbia[28], Texas[29], Lombardy[30], Catalonia[31], Guerrero[32]
- Legislative body: Congress of Nuevo Leon[33]
- Postal code: 64,66,67[34]
- Part of: Northern Mexico[35]
- Commons category: Nuevo León[36]
- Located in time zone: UTC−06:00[37]
- Inception: January 1, 1824[38]
- Highest point: Cerro El Potosí[39]
- Official website: http://www.nl.gob.mx/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Nuevo León[41]
- Commons gallery: Nuevo León[42]
- Population: 5,189,970[43]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Nuevo León[44]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[45], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[47]
- Official name: Nuevo León[48]
- Category for people born here: Category:People from Nuevo León by municipality[49]
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Physical Characteristics
Nuevo León covers an area of 64156.0 km²[50]. It sits at an elevation of 243 m[51].
Why It Matters
Nuevo León has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]