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Monterrey

Central America

Monterrey is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon. The city anchors the Monterrey metropolitan area, Mexico's second largest metropolitan area. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
1,142,194 1
Area (sq km)
324.8 1
Founding Year
1596 1
Population Estimate Year
2020 1
Elevation (m)
540 1
Latitude
25.6844 degrees north 1
Longitude
100.3181 degrees west 1
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Associated With

Mexico, Countries
Source Monterrey (Wikipedia)
Nuevo Leon, States or Territories

monterrey is associated with nuevo-leon.

Source Nuevo Leon (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Nuevo Leon, States or Territories

monterrey is the capital of nuevo-leon.

Source Nuevo Leon (Wikipedia)
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FEMSA

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Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V.

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Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte

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Tecnologico de Monterrey

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Source Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
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Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM; Spanish: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey), also known as the Technological Institute of Monterrey (Spanish: Tecnológico de Monterrey), is a private research university based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Sources
1. Monterrey (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Monterrey ( MON-tə-RAY, Spanish: [monteˈrej] ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León.
  • Infobox, Population figure
    1,142,194
  • Lead section
    The city anchors the Monterrey metropolitan area, Mexico's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 5,347,000 as of 2026, ccording to the 2020 census, Monterrey proper has a population of 1,142,194.
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    324.8
  • Infobox, Elevation
    540 m
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    25.6844 N 100.3181 W
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    25.6844 N 100.3181 W
  • Infobox, Founded
    1596
  • Associated With: Mexico, Infobox, Country
    Mexico
  • In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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Nuevo Leon (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
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Monterrey
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Wikidata: Monterrey
Wikidata Q81033, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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