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León (Spanish pronunciation:), officially León de Los Aldama, is the most populous city and municipal seat of the municipality of León in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. In the 2020 Intercensal Survey, INEGI reported 1,721,626 people living in the municipality of León, [ 1 ] making it the fourth-most populous municipality in Mexico . [ 5 ]
ISO 3166-2, International Organization for Standardization - ISO 3166 Codes Mexico. ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization. Accessed on line October 21, 2007. States of Mexico, statoids.com. Last updated April 23, 2007; accessed on line October 21, 2007.
Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (in Spanish). Vol. 3. México: Antigua Imprenta de las Escalerillas. hdl:2027/coo.31924056282340 – via Hathi Trust. + via Google Books; Wigberto Jiménez Moreno, “Ciudad de León,” Enciclopedia de México (Mexico, 1974)
Currently there are 2,462 municipalities in Mexico. Although not formally a state, political reforms have enabled Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México), the capital city of the United Mexican States to have a federative entity status equivalent to that of the states since January 29, 2016.
This is a list of the Top 100 cities in Mexico by fixed population, according to the 2020 Mexican National Census. [1]According to Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), a locality is "any place settled with one or more dwellings, which may or may not be inhabited, and which is known by a name given by law or tradition". [2]
The metropolitan area of León [2] is the seventh most populated metropolitan area in Mexico, with nearly 1,609,717 inhabitants. [3] It includes the core city of León, Guanajuato, with a population of 1,436,733. [4] The metropolitan area also includes the municipality of Silao, all situated in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. [5]
Monterrey (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY, Spanish: ⓘ) [7] is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León.It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. [5]
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Light [1] (Spanish: Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Luz) also called León Cathedral. It is a church of Catholic worship, located in the historic center of the city of León, [2] [3] Mexico. [4] It is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of León. It was consecrated in 1866.