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Monterrey
—  Ceety  —
Ciudad de Monterrey
Ceety o Monterrey

Coat o airms
Eik-name(s): Sultan o the North, The Ceety o the Muntains
Motto: Wirk Tempers the Spirit
Location o Monterrey athin Nuevo León
Monterrey is located in Mexico
Monterrey
Location o Monterrey athin Nuevo León
Coordinates: 25°40′N 100°18′W / 25.667°N 100.3°W / 25.667; -100.3
Kintra Mexico
State Nuevo León
Municipality Monterrey
Foondit 20 September 1596
Govrenment
 - Mayor Fernando Larrazábal Bretón
(PAN)
Aurie
 - Ceety 969.70 km2 (374.4 sq mi)
 - Metro 5,346.80 km2 (2,064.4 sq mi)
Hicht 537 m (1,762 ft)
Indwallers (2010)
 - Ceety 1,130,960
 Densitie 2,532/km2 (6,557.8/sq mi)
 Metro 4,080,329
 - Metro 
densitie
923/km2 (2,390.6/sq mi)
 - Demonym Regiomontano(a)
Regio(a)
Time zone CST.[1] (UTC−6)
 - Simmer (DST) CDT[1] (UTC−5)
Wabsteid (Spainyie) Official Monterrey Government Website

Monterrey (Spainyie pronunciation: [monteˈrei] ( listen)), is the caipital ceety o the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the kintra o Mexico.[1] The ceety is anchor tae the third-lairgest metropolitan aurie in Mexico[2][3] an is rankit as the nint-lairgest ceety in the naition. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north o the kintra an is the base o mony significant internaitional corporations.[4] Furthermair, Monterrey is Mexico's seicont richest ceety, an the warld's 63rd richest, wi an economy that haed a 2008 GDP o USD $102 billion.[5] Monterrey is ane o Mexico's maist developit ceeties, wi the heichest per caipita income in the naition, an is regardit as a heichlie developit ceety.[3][4] Although rich in history an cultur, Monterrey is aften regardit as the maist "Americanizit" ceety in entire kintra, even abuin the ceeties alang the U.S-Mexico border.[6]

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Internaitional relations[edit]

Twin touns – Sister ceeties[edit]

Monterrey is twinned wi:

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ubicación Geográfica. Gobierno del Estado de Nuevo León. Retrieved on 24 Juin 2009. .
  2. 2010 INEG Census Tables. INEG. Retrieved on 4 Juin 2011. .
  3. 3.0 3.1 NAI Mexico Study (PDF). NAI Mexico. Retrieved on 7 Januar 2009. .
  4. 4.0 4.1 Emmot, Robert. "Special report: If Monterrey falls Mexico falls – Rueters", Rueters, June 1, 2011. Retrieved on 1 Juin 2011..
  5. Global city GDP rankings 2008–2025. Pricewaterhouse Coopers. Archived from the original on 31 Mey 2010. . Retrieved on 16 Dizember 2009. .
  6. Contreras, Joseph (2009). In the shadow of the giant: the Americanization of modern Mexico. Rutgers University Press, 276.
  7. Barcelona internacional – Ciutats agermanades (Catalan). 2006–2009 Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved on 13 Julie 2009. .
  8. Hamilton Ontario Sister Cities. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. . Retrieved on 25 Januar 2008. .

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