Municipalities o Nuevo León

The maist populous ane is Monterrey, which serves as the caipital o the state. Ootside the Monterrey Metropolitan Aurie (which consists o Apodaca, Escobedo, Guadalupe, San Nicolás de los Garza, San Pedro Garza García an Santa Catarina) the municipalities tend tae be scaircely populatit. Aside frae Cadereyta Jiménez, Juárez, Linares an Montemorelos, nae ither municipality surpasses 50,000 inhabitants. 

The lairgest municipality bi aurie is Galeana. Ane o the smawest ones, Hualahuises, is an enclave o Linares. 

Each municipality is heidit bi a mayor (in Spaingie: presidente municipal or alcalde) wi a three-year term. Mayors can serve several nan-consecutive terms.
INEGI codeMunicipalityMunicipal seat Formit Oreegin an aulder namesEtymology Population Aurie DensitieCairt 001  Abasolo  Abasolo  1826  Foondit as the Hacienda of Eguía de Viudas in 1648, renamit as Abasolo in 1826  Mariano Abasolo (1780–1819) a Mexican revolutionist durin the War o Unthirldom</small>     5.22  50px002  Agualeguas   Agualeguas   1793  Oreeginally foondit bi Friar Diego Vázquez as a Spanish mission named Santa Teresa de Alamillo, in 1675 changed its name tae San Nicolás Gualeguas Mission, then it wis renamed Agualeguas in 1793  Its current name comes frae the nou extinct Gualeguas, a native American nomadic tribe, which scarcely inhabited this aurie afore the Spanish dounset     5.55  50px003  Allende  Allende  1850  Previously kent as Rancho del Reparo (Bucking Ranch) formed in 1825  Ignacio Allende (Januar 21, 1769–Juin 26, 1811) a captain o the Spanish Airmy who came tae sympathize wi the Mexican unthirldom movement     177  50px004  Anáhuac  Anáhuac  1933  Merged on Mey 5, 1933, it is the youngest municipality o the state, prior tae 1933, maist of its aurie wis pairt o the Lampazos and Vallecillo municipalities in Nuevo León, the rest wis bought bi the governor of Nuevo León, Bernardo Reyes frae the Juárez municipality in the state of Coahuila in order tae expand Nuevo León's mairch wi Texas and tae compete wi the bordering Mexican states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the Import / Export mercat  It is named efter the region which comprises the "Valle de México" or "Meseta de Anáhuac"     4.20  50px005  Apodaca  Apodaca  1871  Foondit bi the Portuguese settler Gaspar Castaño de Sosa as the Hacienda of San Francisco in 1585  Salvador de Apodaca, a umwhile bishop o the ceety of Linares, Nuevo León     1675  50px006  Aramberri  Aramberri  1877  Foondit as the Santa María de los Angeles de Río Blanco Mission bi the Spanish friar Lorenzo Cantú in 1648, later kent as Villa de Río Blanco frae 1660 tae 1877  José Silvestre Aramberri, a general frae this municipality who focht in the War of Reform     5.38  50px007  Bustamante  Bustamante  1832  Prior tae 1832, wis kent as San Miguel de Aguayo, foondit in 1686  Anastasio Bustamante, a preses of Mexico, who wis during its presidency when Bustamante wis renamed     5.92  50px008  Cadereyta Jiménez  Cadereyta Jiménez  1825  Initially foondit as Villa de Cadereyta in 1637, later kent as Villa de San Juan Bautista de Cadereyta (1692)  In honour o the marquis of Cadereyta, Spain Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta, forby viceroy o the New Spain. Mariano Jiménez, precursor o the unthirldom in Nuevo León     62.16  50px009  El Carmen  El Carmen  1852  Foondit in 1614 bi Bernabé de las Casas as Hacienda de Chipinque, which wis pairt o the administrative aurie of Valle de las Salinas, creatit as a municipality in 1852  El Carmen, in honour of Nuestra señora del Carmén, (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)     37.33  50px010  Cerralvo  Cerralvo  1626  The Villa of San Gregorio de Cerralvo, The auldest municipality o the state as it wis the first Spanish dounset in Nuevo León which teuk place in 1582 in what is nou Cerralvo, Oreeginally it wis the first caipital o the state  In honour o the marquis of Cerralvo, Spain and fifteenth Viceroy of New Spain Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo, (1565–1652),     8.6  50px011  China  China  1812  Initially formed in 1719 as a ranch named San Felipe de Jesús of China, renamed simply as China in 1812, prior tae 1868 included the Rancho El Toro (Bull's ranch) and Rancho del Zacate (Gress Ranch) which are nou General Bravo and Doctor Coss municipalities   Saint Philip of Jesus,  (1572–1597), a Mexican Catholic missionary in China and Japan, who became ane o the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan     2.92  50px012  Ciénega de Flores  Ciénega de Flores  1863  Formed as the Hacienda of Ciénega de Flores, prior tae 1634, the aurie wis pairt o the Valle del Carrizal  Cienega, a Spanish wird for "boggy", and Flores, the surname of an early rancher o the aurie     42.94  50px013  Doctor Arroyo  Doctor Arroyo  1828  Previously kent as Valle de la Purísima Concepción  Dr. José Francisco Arroyo, a doctor, theologist, an the first delegate o the Nuevo León's state congress     7.24  50px014  Doctor Coss  Doctor Coss  1882  Formed in 1740 as the Rancho del Zacate. prior tae 1882, the aurie wis pairt of what is nou China, Nuevo León  Dr. José María Coss, a distinguished member o the insurgent Congress     2.92  50px015  Doctor González  Doctor González  1883  Prior tae 1883, the aurie wis kent as Hacienda de Ramos which wis pairt o the Valle de las Salinas  Dr. José Eleuterio González, a doctor, philanthropist, writer and governor of Nuevo León in 1870     4.53  50px016  Galeana  Galeana  1678  Initially foondit as San Pablo de Labradores Mission, and later kent as The Valle of San Pablo de Galeana  Hermenegildo Galeana, a soldier o the insurgent airmy during the Mexican War of unthirldom     5.52  50px017  García  García  1851  Foondit as Pesquería Grande in 1583  Joaquín García, governor of Nuevo León (1829–1833) and (1837–1839)     33  50px018  General Bravo  General Bravo  1863  Formed as Rancho del Toro in 1790, Prior tae 1863, the aurie wis pairt of what is nou China, Nuevo León municipality  Nicolás Bravo Rueda, a Mexican preses and general     2.79  50px019  General Escobedo  General Escobedo  1868  Prior tae 1868, wis kent in 1624 as Hacienda of Topo de los Ayala  Mariano Escobedo (1826–1902), a New Leonese airmy general, and governor of Nuevo León (1865 and 1866)      513.86  50px020  General Terán  General Terán  1851  The aurie wis pairt of Valle de la Mota which wis foondit in 1746  Manuel Mier y Terán, a general o the Mexican war of unthirldom     6.27  50px021  General Treviño  General Treviño  1868  Oreeginally formed as Rancho del Puntiagudo (Sharp's Ranch) in 1688  Jerónimo Treviño, a general who participated in the War of reform and against the French intervention in Mexico     4.33  50px022  General Zaragoza  General Zaragoza  1866  Foondit in 1626 as San José de Río Blanco Mission bi Friar Lorenzo Cantú, then in 1660 became pairt of what is nou Aramberri, Nuevo León until 1866  Ignacio Zaragoza, a Texan general o the Mexican airmy during the Battle o Puebla     5.03  50px023  General Zuazua  General Zuazua  1863  Foondit as the Hacienda of Santa Helena in 1660  Juan Zuazua (1821–1860), a New Leonese general o the War of Reform an the Mexican-American War     48.5  50px024  Guadalupe  Guadalupe  1825  Oreeginally foondit in 1714 as a Spanish mission named Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Mission  Its name comes frae the name o the early Spanish mission in the aurie, (Our lady of Guadalupe Mission), in honour o the Virgin of Guadalupe     4,429  50px025  Hidalgo  Hidalgo  1828  Initially foondit bi the Spanish Canarian settler Bernabé de las casas as Hacienda de En medio (1611), subsequently renamed as El pueblito, and later San Nicolás Hidalgo  Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), the priest who raised the caw for Mexico's unthirldom frae Spain     53  50px026  Higueras  Higueras  1863  Foondit in 1714 as Santa Teresa de las Higueras bi the Spanish settler Diego González  Higueras, the Spanish wird for the Common fig tree, which is abundant throughout the aurie     2.28  50px027  Hualahuises  Hualahuises  1715  Foondit in 1646 as the Mission of San Cristóbal de los Hualahuises bi the Spanish settler Martín de Zavala, but it wis awmaist unpopulated until 1715, in 1908 the aurie aroond the municipality wis annexed intae the Linares municipality, sicweys makin it an enclave of that municipality   Hualahuises, a native American tribe which inhabited the aurie afore the Spanish dounset in 1646     26.4  50px028  Iturbide  Iturbide  1850  Prior tae 1850 wis kent as Hacienda de los San Pedros  Agustin de Iturbide (September 27, 1783–Julie 19, 1824), Ane o the national liberators o the Mexico's unthirldom frae Spain, an the first emperor of Mexico frae 1822 tae 1823     4.84  50px029  Juárez  Juárez  1868  Oreeginally foondit in 1604 as Hacienda de San José  Don Benito Juárez García, a umwhile preses of Mexico     100.84  50px030  Lampazos de Naranjo  Lampazos de Naranjo  1877  Initially foondit as the Mission of Nuestra señora de la Punta de Lampazos bi Friar Diego de Salazar in 1698, later creatit as municipality in 1877  Lampazos wis named in honour o the plant that grows in this aurie Xanthosoma Robustum, the Naranjo pairt wis named in honour tae the New Leonese general Francisco Naranjo who wis frae this municipality      1.32  50px031  Linares  Linares  1712  Previously kent as San Felipe de Linares, foondit in 1712  Its name honours Fernando de Alencastre, a viceroy and duke of Linares, Spain     25.8  50px032  Los Aldamas  Los Aldamas  1820  Foondit as a Mission, later named Villa de Hoyos, renamed Santa María de los Aldamas and finally creatit as municipality and renamed as Los Aldamas in 1820  In honour o the brothers, Juan and Ignacio Aldamas, initiators o the unthirldom of Mexico alang wi Miguel Hidalgo     5  50px033  Los Herreras  Los Herreras  1874  Formed as Rancho de la Manteca aroond 1760, offeecially creatit as a municipality in 1870  In honour o the New Leonese brothers, José Martín Herrera an the colonel Rafael Herrera, who participated in the Battle o San Bernabé     7.68  50px034  Los Ramones  Los Ramones  1912  Prior tae 1847 the aurie wis pairt o the Cerralvo municipality an the aurie wis kent as Rancho del Capadero, later annexed tae the Cadereyta municipality and wis kent as Valle de San José de los Ramones, and wis offeecially creatit as a separate municipality until 1912  In honour o the brothers Juan Ignacio Ramón and Buenaventura Ramón, notable precursors o the Mexican unthirldom movement     5  50px035  Marín  Marín  1804  Initially formed in 1684 as a ranch named Rancho de San Antonio de los Martinez, renamed as Villa de San Carlos de Marín in 1804 and subsequently kent as Marin  Primo Feliciano Marín de Porras, a bishop o the New kingdom of León and honour chaplain o the Spain's keeng     26  50px036  Melchor Ocampo  Melchor Ocampo  1924  Formed as a ranch named Charco Redondo in 1702  Melchor Ocampo, Foreign Secretary during the War of Reform     7  50px037  Mier y Noriega  Mier y Noriega  1849  Foondit aroond 1715 bi Spanish settlers as Hacienda de San Antonio de Medina  Friar Servando Teresa de Mier, (October 18, 1765–December 3, 1827), a Roman Catholic priest frae Monterrey and a famous preacher and politeecian in New Spain, ane o the maist prominent figures of Nuevo León during the unthirldom movement of New Spain an aw     6  50px038  Mina  Mina  1851  Foondit in 1608 bi the Spanish Canarian settler Bernabé de las Casas as the Hacienda de San Francisco de Cañas, forby kent as "Valle de San Francisco de las Cañas" and San Francisco de las Cañas which wis an administrative aurie o the Valle de las Salinas, it wis declared as a municipality in 1851  Francisco Javier Mina, (December 15, 1789–November 11, 1817), a Spanish lawyer and airmy officer who sympathized wi the Mexican unthirldom frae Spain, convinced bi Friar Servando Teresa de Mier that it wis possible tae fecht the absolute monarchy of Ferdinand VII in his ain colonies.     1.28  50px039  Montemorelos  Montemorelos  1825  Prior tae 1825, the aurie wis pairt o the Valle de San Mateo del Pilón established in 1701, which wis previously foondit in 1653 bi the Spanish Captain Alonso de León  Componed o the words Monte (moontain), and Morelos, a precursor o the independene of Mexico frae Spain     30.9  50px040  Monterrey  Monterrey  1596  Foondit in its first attempt in 1577 bi Alberto del Canto as Santa Lucía, foondit again bi Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva in 1582 as San Luis rey de Francia but it still wis unpopulated, and wis finally declared foondit wi success on September 20, 1596 bi Diego de Montemayor as Nuestra Señora de Monterrey   The ceety is named Monterrey in honour o the Count and Countess of Monterrey, Spain, forby viceroy of New Spain Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo and his wife     2461  50px041  Parás  Parás  1851  Previously formed as a ranch cried Rancho del Huizachal de los Canales, creatit as a municipality in 1851  José María Parás y Ballesteros, First governor of Nuevo León as a Mexican state     1  50px042  Pesquería  Pesquería  1844  Foondit in 1699 as Hacienda del Espíritu Santo, later kent as Hacienda of Pesquería Chica  Pesquería in Spanish means 'fishery', it wis named sae acause o the Pesquería River, which cross the aurie     27  50px043  Rayones  Rayones  1851  Merged in 1851 as Rayones, prior tae 1851, the municipal seat wis a ranch named San Miguel del Tasajal, which wis pairt o the Valle del Pilón nou Montemorelos  In honour o the brothers, Ramón, Ignacio and Francisco Rayón, who focht in the Mexican war of Independence     2.88  50px044  Sabinas Hidalgo  Sabinas Hidalgo  1826  Initially foondit in 1693 as Valle de Santiago de las Sabinas, creatit as a municipality in 1826  Sabinas, the Spanish wird for "Junipers", coniferous plants abundant in the aurie      19.4  50px045  Salinas Victoria  Salinas Victoria  1826  Initially foondit bi the Portuguese settler Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva as "Villa de Cueva" in 1586, subsequently kent as Valle de Salinas, which wis the administrative aurie's seat o the Valle de las Salinas, ane o the five oreeginal administrative auries o the New kingdom of León  "Salinas" (Spanish for salt marshes) wis chosen acause the lands present saline characteristics. "Victoria" efter the first presidentof Mexico Guadalupe Victoria.     19.4  50px046  San Nicolás de los Garza  San Nicolás de los Garza  1830  Foondit in 1596 when the lands war transfer bi Diego de Montemayor (who successfully haed foondit Monterrey), tae Diego Díaz de Berlanga and his wife Mariana. It wis kent as San Nicolás de los Garza, creatit as a municipality in 1830  In honour of Saint Nicholas, an the last pairt in honour o the Garza surname of Pedro de la Garza, an early Spanish settler and rancher o the aurie     5,724  50px047  San Pedro Garza García  San Pedro Garza García  1882  The lands war passed in November, 20 1596 tae Diego de Montemayor's son, Diego de Montemayor el mozo, the aurie wis cried San Pedro de los Nogales in 1725, later kent as the Valle de San Pedro, and creatit as a municipality in 1882  "San Pedro", in honour of Saint Peter, and "Garza Garcia", in honour o the governor of Nuevo León, Genaro Garza García     1,815  50px048  Santa Catarina  Santa Catarina  1864  Foondit in November, 20 1596 bi the Spanish captain Lucas García as the Hacienda de Santa Catarina, later kent as Valle de Santa Catarina, creatit as a municipality in 1864  In honour of Saint Catherine, as it wis foondit on the eve of Saint Catherine's day (November 24)     230  50px049  Santiago  Santiago  1831  Foondit in 1648 as Valle de Santiago del Huajuco bi Diego Rodríguez de Montemayor (Diego de Montemayor's grandson)  "Santiago", a Spanish name version o the apostle James, son of Alphaeus      48.2  50px 050  Vallecillo  Vallecillo  1825  Foondit in 1768 as Real de San Carlos de Vallecillo  In honour of El Vallecillo, a Spanish municipality locatit in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain     1.16  50px051  Villaldama  Villaldama  1826  Foondit in 1690 as Boca de Leones or Real Boca de Leones, creatit as a municipality in 1826 wi the name of Villaldama  Juan Aldama, ane o the precursors o the unthirldom of Mexico     4.87  50px<noinclude>

Freemit airtins
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México: Nuevo León  
INEGI: Population of Nuevo León by municipality (2000)  .


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