States or Territories

Nuevo Leon

State

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Nuevo Leon." Accessed September 9, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/nuevo-leon.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Nuevo Leon. Retrieved September 9, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/nuevo-leon

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-nuevo-leon,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Nuevo Leon},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/nuevo-leon},
  note = {Accessed September 9, 2026}
}

Nuevo Leon, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo Leon, is a state in northeastern Mexico bordering Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi, with a narrow international border with the U.S. state of Texas. It had a population of 5,784,442 in 2020 across an area of about 64,156 square kilometers, and its capital is Monterrey.

Facts

Capital

Monterrey 1

Population

5,784,442 1

2020 figure from Nuevo Leon's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2020 1

Area (sq km)

64,156 1

Latitude

25.567 degrees north 1

Longitude

99.967 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Mexico

Nuevo Leon is a state of Mexico.

Source Nuevo Leon (Wikipedia)

Monterrey

monterrey is associated with nuevo-leon.

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Has Capital

Monterrey

monterrey is the capital of nuevo-leon.

Source Nuevo Leon (Wikipedia)

On Continent

North America

Nuevo Leon is on continent.

Source Nuevo Leon (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Nuevo Leon (Wikipedia)

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Nuevo Leon, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo Leon, 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.

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