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Monterrey Metropolitan Area | |
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Monterrey Metropolitan Area | |
Coordinates: 25°40′00″N 100°18′00″W / 25.666667°N 100.3°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State(s) | Nuevo León |
Largest city | Monterrey |
Other cities | - Apodaca - Escobedo - Garcia - Guadalupe - Juárez - Monterrey - Salinas Victoria - San Nicolás de los Garza - San Pedro Garza García - Santa Catarina - Santiago |
Highest elevation | 4,900 ft (1,500 m) |
Lowest elevation | 1,680 ft (512 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,341,171 |
Area code(s) | 81 |
The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey or AMM, the metropolitan area is the 2nd-largest in Mexico.
Overview[edit]
The Monterrey metropolitan area is composed of the municipalities/cities of:
- Apodaca
- Cadereyta Jiménez
- Escobedo
- García
- Guadalupe
- Juárez
- Monterrey
- Salinas Victoria
- San Nicolás de los Garza
- San Pedro Garza García
- Santa Catarina
- Santiago
There are three adjacent towns that do not maintain continuous urban development with the core urban area. These towns are considered strategic as the metropolitan area grows and integrates them:
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Media related to Maps of the Monterrey metropolitan area at Wikimedia Commons
- INEGI - Statistics of the ZMM - 2001
- https://www.nuevoleon.gob.mx
vte Largest metropolitan areas in Mexico2020 National Population Census | |||||||||
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Rank | Name | State | Pop. | Rank | Name | State | Pop. | ||
Valley of Mexico Monterrey | 1 | Valley of Mexico | Mexico City, State of Mexico, Hidalgo | 21,804,515 | 11 | Mérida | Yucatán | 1,316,088 | Guadalajara Puebla–Tlaxcala |
2 | Monterrey | Nuevo León | 5,341,171 | 12 | San Luis Potosí | San Luis Potosí | 1,271,366 | ||
3 | Guadalajara | Jalisco | 5,286,642 | 13 | Aguascalientes | Aguascalientes | 1,140,916 | ||
4 | Puebla–Tlaxcala | Puebla, Tlaxcala | 3,199,530 | 14 | Mexicali | Baja California | 1,031,779 | ||
5 | Toluca | State of Mexico | 2,353,924 | 15 | Saltillo | Coahuila | 1,031,779 | ||
6 | Tijuana | Baja California | 2,157,853 | 16 | Cuernavaca | Morelos | 1,028,589 | ||
7 | León | Guanajuato | 1,924,771 | 17 | Culiacán | Sinaloa | 1,003,530 | ||
8 | Querétaro | Querétaro | 1,594,212 | 18 | Morelia | Michoacán | 988,704 | ||
9 | Juárez | Chihuahua | 1,512,450 | 19 | Chihuahua | Chihuahua | 988,065 | ||
10 | La Laguna | Coahuila, Durango | 1,434,283 | 20 | Veracruz | Veracruz | 939,046 |