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Monterrey (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY, Spanish: ⓘ) [7] is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico.It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. [5]
The Monterrey metropolitan area, also known as Greater Monterrey, refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey , the metropolitan area is the 2nd-largest in Mexico.
Diego Díaz de Berlanga was the person that redacted Monterrey's Foundation Act, and authorized the first land permissions to its first settlers. In 1830 the area was declared to the category of village, with the name of San Nicolás de los Garza, in honor of the patron saint of the town. On 12 May 1970 it was declared a city.
Monterrey Municipality is one of the 51 subdivisions of the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. Its municipal seat is located in the City of Monterrey . The municipal government is headed by the municipal president of Monterrey (mayor of Monterrey).
Guadalupe is a city and surrounding municipality located in the state of Nuevo León, in northern Mexico.It is part of the Greater Monterrey Metropolitan area.. The municipality of Guadalupe, which lies adjacent to the east side of Monterrey, also borders the municipalities of San Nicolás de los Garza, Apodaca, Pesquería, and Juárez.
Nuevo León, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, [b] 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.
Born in the Azores in 1547, Captain Alberto del Canto was commissioned by Martin Lopez de Ibarra to make settlements in name of New Vizcaya.Del Canto in 1577 the town of Santiago del Saltillo Minas de la Trinidad (), Minas de San Gregorio and villa de Santa Lucia at the Extremadura Valley and practically just marked a place called Santa Lucia on which today is the center of modern-day Monterrey.
Republic of the Sierra Madre: Nuevo León annexes Coahuila and again announces secession from Mexico. 5 February 1857 1857 Constitution: Nuevo León ceases to exist and becomes part of Coahuila. 26 February 1864 Nuevo León regains status as free state and integral part of the federation. 3 April 1864 Monterrey is declared capital of Nuevo León.