Cerralvo Municipality
| Cerralvo | |
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| Municipality | |
 Cerralvo
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| Coordinates: 26°5′N 99°36′W / 26.083°N 99.600°W | |
| Country |
 Mexico
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| State | Nuevo León |
| Area | |
| • Total | 925.1 km2 (357.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 8,009 |
| • Density | 8.7/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Data source: INEGI | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Website | (Spanish) [1] |
| Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | |
Cerralvo is a municipality situated in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Cerralvo is located in the northeastern region of Nuevo León, in the Gulf Coastal Plain and in the northeastern agricultural and ranching economic zone that also includes the municipalities of Agualeguas, General Treviño, Melchor Ocampo, and Parás. It borders the municipality of Agualeguas to the north, the municipality of Higueras to the west, the municipality of Doctor González to the southwest, the municipality of Los Ramones to the south, and the municipalities of Los Herreras, Melchor Ocampo, and General Treviño to the east.
The municipal seat of Cerralvo, Ciudad Cerralvo, is located at 26° 5' N, 99° 36' W, and is 345 meters above sea level.
In 1577, José Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva founded the village of Saltillo; in the same year, he also founded Santa Lucía, now called Monterrey, and discovered the mines of San Gregorio, located in what is now called Cerralvo. On May 31, 1579, Luis Carvajal signed an agreement with King Philip II of Spain to pacify the region and to establish the state of Nuevo León; the contract authorized him to do this in an area that did not exceed 200 leagues on a side.
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