Pesquería, Nuevo León

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Pesquería, Nuevo León
Municipality
CountryMexico
StateNuevo León
Area
 • Total322.8 km2 (124.6 sq mi)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total147,624
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)

Pesquería is a municipality o the state o Nuevo León in Mexico. It is locatit at 25º47´N 100º3´W an 330 metre (1,080 ft) abuin the sea level.[2] It is pairt o the suburban aurie o the Monterrey metropolitan aurie. Its distance tae the Monterrey dountoun aurie is 36 kilometre (22 mi). Tae the east o Pesquería is Los Ramones, tae the north is Doctor González, tae the wast is Apodaca an the General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, an tae the sooth is Cadereyta Jiménez, aw in Nuevo León.

The river Pesquería flows throu the region.

Demographics[eedit | eedit soorce]

Korean community[eedit | eedit soorce]

The creation o a new automotive plant bi KIA has led tae an influx o Korean immigrants an wirkers tae the area. Colloquially, Pesquería has e'en been referred tae as "Pescorea",[3] a portmanteau o Pesquería an the Spaingie name for Korea, Corea.

Localities[eedit | eedit soorce]

Name Population (2020)[1] Area
Pesquería 48,069 6.27 km2
Valle de Santa María 40,703 3.33 km2
Colinas del Aeropuerto 33,108 2.48 km2
Ladrillera (Entronque Pesqueria) 10,178 2.17 km2
Las Haciendas 5,692 0.35 km2
Paseo de San Javier 2,178 0.15 km2
Los Olmos 1,292 0.09 km2

Economy[eedit | eedit soorce]

The maist important economic acteevities in the Pesqueria Coonty are cattle-breedin (aboot 20,000 hectares) an agriculture (aboot 10,000 hectares).

Suitable clay deposits enabled foondin o some wirks producin bricks an tiles o guid quality for local consumption as weel as for export.

An automotive plant was biggit by the Korean KIA Motors company in 2016 for a planned production o 300,000 cars ilka year.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. a b Citypopulation.de
  2. "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. "Pesquería y su nueva realidad". Zócalo (in Spainish).