Salinas Victoria

Salinas Victoria, is a municipality locatit tae in the centre o the state o Nuevo León, Mexico. It shares borders wi 11 municipalities includin, tae the north Villaldama an Sabinas Hidalgo; tae the sooth Escobedo an Apodaca; tae the east Higueras, Ciénega de Flores an General Zuazua; an feenally tae the wast wi Mina, Hidalgo, Abasolo an El Carmen.

Salinas Victoria
Motto(s):  Cultura, Fidelidad, Trabajo
Coordinates: 25°58′N 100°18′W
Kintra	Mexico
State	Nuevo León
Foondit	Nae precise date, atween 1586 or 1587
Govrenment
• Mayor	Rebeca Lozano Débora ( PRI)
Area
• City	1334.20 km2 (515.14 sq mi)
Elevation	464 m (1,522 ft)
Population  (2005)
• City	27,848
• Metro	3,664,334
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time)
Website	http://www.salinasvictoria.gob.mx

Salinas Victoria's extension is 1,334.20 square kilometers. Accordin tae the 2005 census, it haes a population o 27,848 fowk ^[1].

Oreegin o the name

"Salinas" (Spaingie for salt mairshes) wis chosen acause the lands present saline characteristics. "Victoria" efter the first Mexican preses Guadalupe Victoria.^[2]