Nuevo León

Nuevo León (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈnweβo leˈon], offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o New Leon) is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 51 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Monterrey.

Nuevo León Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León
State
Banner Seal
Motto(s):  Semper Ascendens (Always Ascending)
Anthem: Himno de Nuevo León
State o Nuevo León athin Mexico
Coordinates: 25°34′00″N 99°58′14″W
Kintra	Mexico
Caipital	Monterrey
Lairgest Ceety	Monterrey
Municipalities	51
Admission	July 5, 1824[1]
Order	15t
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Rodrigo Medina
• Senators[2]	Fernando Elizondo Judith Díaz Delgado Eloy Cantú Segovia
• Deputies[3]	Federal Deputies • Ma. de Jesús Aguirre • Eduardo Alonso Bailey • Rogelio Cerda Pérez • Benjamín Clariond • Cristina Díaz • Felipe Enríquez • Ildefonso Guajardo • Marcela Guerra Castillo • Fermín Montes • Alejandro Balderas • Felipe Cantú • Gregorio Hurtado • Baltazar Martínez • Camilo Ramírez Puente • Alfredo Rodríguez • Guillermo Cueva Sada • Rodrigo Pérez-Alonso • Pedro Vázquez • Reyes Tamez
Area [4]
• Total	64220 km2 (24,800 sq mi)
	Ranked 13t
Highest elevation [5]	3710 m (12,170 ft)
Population  (2010)[6]
• Total	4,653,458
• Rank	8t
• Density	72/km2 (190/sq mi)
• Density rank	14t
Demonym(s)	Nuevoleonés (a) Neoleonés (a)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	64-67
Aurie code	Aurie codes • 1 • 2 • 3
ISO 3166 code	MX-NLE
HDI	0.872 Very High Ranked 3rd
GDP	US$ 132,655,000.00 mil[a]
Website	Official Website
^ a. The state's GDP wis 666,898,103 million o pesos in 2008,[7] amoont correspondin tae 52,101,414.296 millon o dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value o Juin 3, 2010).[8]

It is locatit in Northeastren Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o Tamaulipas tae the north an east, San Luis Potosí tae the sooth, an Coahuila tae the wast. Tae the north, Nuevo León haes a 15 kilometer (9 mi) stretch o the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent tae the U.S. state o Texas.

The state wis namit efter the New Kinrick o León, an admeenistrative territory o the Viceroyalty o New Spain.

Besides its caipital, ither important ceeties are Guadalupe, Santa Catarina, San Nicolás de los Garza, an San Pedro Garza García, aw o which are pairt o the Monterrey metropolitan aurie.

Municipalities

Nuevo León is dividit intae 51 municipalities (municipios). See municipalities o Nuevo León.