Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
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Top left: View of Santa Catarina River and Monterrey Constitution Avenue. Top right: A monument of old steel mill in Fundidora Park. Middle left: Nuevo Leon State Government building. Middle right: A downtown Abasolo street. Bottom upper left: A monument for façade of Mercantil de Monterrey Bank. Bottom lower left: Obispado Palace (Palacio del Obispado). Bottom right: Panorama view of downtown Monterrey and Saddle Mountain (Cerro de la Silla).
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| Nickname(s): Sultana of the North, The City of the Mountains | |||
| Motto: Work Tempers the Spirit | |||
 Monterrey, Nuevo León
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| Coordinates: 25°40′N 100°18′W / 25.667°N 100.300°W | |||
| Country |
 Mexico |
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| State | Nuevo León | ||
| Founded | September 20, 1596 | ||
| Founded by | Diego de Montemayor | ||
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| • Mayor | Adrián de la Garza ( .svg){kind=small} PRI) |
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| Area | |||
| • City | 969.70 km2 (374.40 sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 5,346.80 km2 (2,064.41 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City | 1,130,960 | ||
| • Density | 2,532/km2 (6,560/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 4,520,329 (2,016) | ||
| • Metro density | 923/km2 (2,390/sq mi) | ||
| • Demonym | Regiomontano(a) Regio(a) |
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| Time zone | CST. (UTC−6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | ||
| Website |
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Monterrey (Spanish pronunciation: [monteˈrei]), is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, in Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the base of many significant international corporations.
It is one of the wealthiest cities in Mexico and in the world with a GDP PPP of 130.7 billion dollars in 2012. Monterrey's GDP PPP per capita is of approximately 32,000 dollars. It is considered a Beta World City, cosmopolitan and competitive. Rich in history and culture, Monterrey is considered one of the most developed cities in the entire country and often regarded as the most "americanized" in Mexico.
As an important industrial and business center, the city is also home to an array of Mexican companies, including Grupo Avante, Lanix Electronics, Ocresa, CEMEX, Vitro, Mercedes-Benz Mexico, OXXO, BMW de Mexico, Grupo Bimbo, DINA S.A., Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery and Heineken, which features Norteño capital and Grupo ALFA. Monterrey is also home to international companies such as Siemens, Accenture, Ternium, Sony, Toshiba, Carrier, Whirlpool, Samsung, Toyota, Babcock & Wilcox, Daewoo, Ericsson, Nokia, Dell, Boeing, HTC, General Electric, Gamesa, LG, SAS Institute, Grundfos, Danfoss, and Teleperformance, among others.
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