Municipalities o Nuevo León

The Mexican state o Nuevo León is dividit intae 51 municipalities, which tak their names frae their municipal seats.

The maist populous ane is Monterrey, which serves as the caipital o the state. Ootside the Monterrey Metropolitan Aurie (which consists o Apodaca, Escobedo, Guadalupe, San Nicolás de los Garza, San Pedro Garza García an Santa Catarina) the municipalities tend tae be scaircely populatit. Aside frae Cadereyta Jiménez, Juárez, Linares an Montemorelos, nae ither municipality surpasses 50,000 inhabitants.

The lairgest municipality bi aurie is Galeana. Ane o the smawest ones, Hualahuises, is an enclave o Linares.

Each municipality is heidit bi a mayor (in Spaingie: presidente municipal or alcalde) wi a three-year term. Mayors can serve several nan-consecutive terms.

INEGI code	Municipality	Municipal seat	Formit	Oreegin an aulder names	Etymology	Population	Aurie	Densitie	Cairt
001	Abasolo	Abasolo	1826	Foondit as the Hacienda of Eguía de Viudas in 1648, renamit as Abasolo in 1826	Mariano Abasolo (1780–1819) a Mexican revolutionist durin the War o Unthirldom	7003274600000000000♠2,746	7001440000000000000♠44	5.22
002	Agualeguas	Agualeguas	1793	Oreeginally foondit bi Friar Diego Vázquez as a Spanish mission named Santa Teresa de Alamillo, in 1675 changed its name tae San Nicolás Gualeguas Mission, then it wis renamed Agualeguas in 1793	Its current name comes frae the nou extinct Gualeguas, a native American nomadic tribe, which scarcely inhabited this aurie afore the Spanish dounset	7003353700000000000♠3,537	7003103400000000000♠1,034	5.55
003	Allende	Allende	1850	Previously kent as Rancho del Reparo (Bucking Ranch) formed in 1825	Ignacio Allende (Januar 21, 1769–Juin 26, 1811) a captain o the Spanish Airmy who came tae sympathize wi the Mexican unthirldom movement	7004295680000000000♠29,568	7002186000000000000♠186	177
004	Anáhuac	Anáhuac	1933	Merged on Mey 5, 1933, it is the youngest municipality o the state, prior tae 1933, maist of its aurie wis pairt o the Lampazos and Vallecillo municipalities in Nuevo León, the rest wis bought bi the governor of Nuevo León, Bernardo Reyes frae the Juárez municipality in the state of Coahuila in order tae expand Nuevo León's mairch wi Texas and tae compete wi the bordering Mexican states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the Import / Export mercat	It is named efter the region which comprises the "Valle de México" or "Meseta de Anáhuac"	7004179830000000000♠17,983	7003430300000000000♠4,303	4.20
005	Apodaca	Apodaca	1871	Foondit bi the Portuguese settler Gaspar Castaño de Sosa as the Hacienda of San Francisco in 1585	Salvador de Apodaca, a umwhile bishop o the ceety of Linares, Nuevo León	7005418784000000000♠418,784	7002250000000000000♠250	1675
006	Aramberri	Aramberri	1877	Foondit as the Santa María de los Angeles de Río Blanco Mission bi the Spanish friar Lorenzo Cantú in 1648, later kent as Villa de Río Blanco frae 1660 tae 1877	José Silvestre Aramberri, a general frae this municipality who focht in the War of Reform	7004146920000000000♠14,692	7003280900000000000♠2,809	5.38
007	Bustamante	Bustamante	1832	Prior tae 1832, wis kent as San Miguel de Aguayo, foondit in 1686	Anastasio Bustamante, a preses of Mexico, who wis during its presidency when Bustamante wis renamed	7003332600000000000♠3,326	7002558000000000000♠558	5.92
008	Cadereyta Jiménez	Cadereyta Jiménez	1825	Initially foondit as Villa de Cadereyta in 1637, later kent as Villa de San Juan Bautista de Cadereyta (1692)	In honour o the marquis of Cadereyta, Spain Lope Díez de Armendáriz, marqués de Cadereyta, forby viceroy o the New Spain. Mariano Jiménez, precursor o the unthirldom in Nuevo León	7004737460000000000♠73,746	7003115300000000000♠1,153	62.16
009	El Carmen	El Carmen	1852	Foondit in 1614 bi Bernabé de las Casas as Hacienda de Chipinque, which wis pairt o the administrative aurie of Valle de las Salinas, creatit as a municipality in 1852	El Carmen, in honour of Nuestra señora del Carmén, (Our Lady of Mount Carmel)	7003699600000000000♠6,996	7002101000000000000♠101	37.33
010	Cerralvo	Cerralvo	1626	The Villa of San Gregorio de Cerralvo, The auldest municipality o the state as it wis the first Spanish dounset in Nuevo León which teuk place in 1582 in what is nou Cerralvo, Oreeginally it wis the first caipital o the state	In honour o the marquis of Cerralvo, Spain and fifteenth Viceroy of New Spain Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, marqués de Cerralvo, (1565–1652),	7003934300000000000♠9,343	7002880000000000000♠880	8.6
011	China	China	1812	Initially formed in 1719 as a ranch named San Felipe de Jesús of China, renamed simply as China in 1812, prior tae 1868 included the Rancho El Toro (Bull's ranch) and Rancho del Zacate (Gress Ranch) which are nou General Bravo and Doctor Coss municipalities	Saint Philip of Jesus, (1572–1597), a Mexican Catholic missionary in China and Japan, who became ane o the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan	7004106970000000000♠10,697	7003409200000000000♠4,092	2.92
012	Ciénega de Flores	Ciénega de Flores	1863	Formed as the Hacienda of Ciénega de Flores, prior tae 1634, the aurie wis pairt o the Valle del Carrizal	Cienega, a Spanish wird for "boggy", and Flores, the surname of an early rancher o the aurie	7004142680000000000♠14,268	7002171000000000000♠171	42.94
013	Doctor Arroyo	Doctor Arroyo	1828	Previously kent as Valle de la Purísima Concepción	Dr. José Francisco Arroyo, a doctor, theologist, an the first delegate o the Nuevo León's state congress	7004332690000000000♠33,269	7003542000000000000♠5,420	7.24
014	Doctor Coss	Doctor Coss	1882	Formed in 1740 as the Rancho del Zacate. prior tae 1882, the aurie wis pairt of what is nou China, Nuevo León	Dr. José María Coss, a distinguished member o the insurgent Congress	7003163900000000000♠1,639	7002712000000000000♠712	2.92
015	Doctor González	Doctor González	1883	Prior tae 1883, the aurie wis kent as Hacienda de Ramos which wis pairt o the Valle de las Salinas	Dr. José Eleuterio González, a doctor, philanthropist, writer and governor of Nuevo León in 1870	7003309200000000000♠3,092	7002628000000000000♠628	4.53
016	Galeana	Galeana	1678	Initially foondit as San Pablo de Labradores Mission, and later kent as The Valle of San Pablo de Galeana	Hermenegildo Galeana, a soldier o the insurgent airmy during the Mexican War of unthirldom	7004389300000000000♠38,930	7003715400000000000♠7,154	5.52
017	García	García	1851	Foondit as Pesquería Grande in 1583	Joaquín García, governor of Nuevo León (1829–1833) and (1837–1839)	7004516580000000000♠51,658	7002913000000000000♠913	33
018	General Bravo	General Bravo	1863	Formed as Rancho del Toro in 1790, Prior tae 1863, the aurie wis pairt of what is nou China, Nuevo León municipality	Nicolás Bravo Rueda, a Mexican preses and general	7003538500000000000♠5,385	7003199900000000000♠1,999	2.79
019	General Escobedo	General Escobedo	1868	Prior tae 1868, wis kent in 1624 as Hacienda of Topo de los Ayala	Mariano Escobedo (1826–1902), a New Leonese airmy general, and governor of Nuevo León (1865 and 1866)	7005299364000000000♠299,364	7002207000000000000♠207	513.86
020	General Terán	General Terán	1851	The aurie wis pairt of Valle de la Mota which wis foondit in 1746	Manuel Mier y Terán, a general o the Mexican war of unthirldom	7004140220000000000♠14,022	7003247700000000000♠2,477	6.27
021	General Treviño	General Treviño	1868	Oreeginally formed as Rancho del Puntiagudo (Sharp's Ranch) in 1688	Jerónimo Treviño, a general who participated in the War of reform and against the French intervention in Mexico	7003147600000000000♠1,476	7002356000000000000♠356	4.33
022	General Zaragoza	General Zaragoza	1866	Foondit in 1626 as San José de Río Blanco Mission bi Friar Lorenzo Cantú, then in 1660 became pairt of what is nou Aramberri, Nuevo León until 1866	Ignacio Zaragoza, a Texan general o the Mexican airmy during the Battle o Puebla	7003573300000000000♠5,733	7003128900000000000♠1,289	5.03
023	General Zuazua	General Zuazua	1863	Foondit as the Hacienda of Santa Helena in 1660	Juan Zuazua (1821–1860), a New Leonese general o the War of Reform an the Mexican-American War	7003698500000000000♠6,985	7002194000000000000♠194	48.5
024	Guadalupe	Guadalupe	1825	Oreeginally foondit in 1714 as a Spanish mission named Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Mission	Its name comes frae the name o the early Spanish mission in the aurie, (Our lady of Guadalupe Mission), in honour o the Virgin of Guadalupe	7005691931000000000♠691,931	7002118000000000000♠118	4,429
025	Hidalgo	Hidalgo	1828	Initially foondit bi the Spanish Canarian settler Bernabé de las casas as Hacienda de En medio (1611), subsequently renamed as El pueblito, and later San Nicolás Hidalgo	Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), the priest who raised the caw for Mexico's unthirldom frae Spain	7004116680000000000♠11,668	7002109000000000000♠109	53
026	Higueras	Higueras	1863	Foondit in 1714 as Santa Teresa de las Higueras bi the Spanish settler Diego González	Higueras, the Spanish wird for the Common fig tree, which is abundant throughout the aurie	7003142700000000000♠1,427	7002669000000000000♠669	2.28
027	Hualahuises	Hualahuises	1715	Foondit in 1646 as the Mission of San Cristóbal de los Hualahuises bi the Spanish settler Martín de Zavala, but it wis awmaist unpopulated until 1715, in 1908 the aurie aroond the municipality wis annexed intae the Linares municipality, sicweys makin it an enclave of that municipality	Hualahuises, a native American tribe which inhabited the aurie afore the Spanish dounset in 1646	7003663100000000000♠6,631	7002165000000000000♠165	26.4
028	Iturbide	Iturbide	1850	Prior tae 1850 wis kent as Hacienda de los San Pedros	Agustin de Iturbide (September 27, 1783–Julie 19, 1824), Ane o the national liberators o the Mexico's unthirldom frae Spain, an the first emperor of Mexico frae 1822 tae 1823	7003353300000000000♠3,533	7002700000000000000♠700	4.84
029	Juárez	Juárez	1868	Oreeginally foondit in 1604 as Hacienda de San José	Don Benito Juárez García, a umwhile preses of Mexico	7005144380000000000♠144,380	7002275000000000000♠275	100.84
030	Lampazos de Naranjo	Lampazos de Naranjo	1877	Initially foondit as the Mission of Nuestra señora de la Punta de Lampazos bi Friar Diego de Salazar in 1698, later creatit as municipality in 1877	Lampazos wis named in honour o the plant that grows in this aurie Xanthosoma Robustum, the Naranjo pairt wis named in honour tae the New Leonese general Francisco Naranjo who wis frae this municipality	7003530500000000000♠5,305	7003402000000000000♠4,020	1.32
031	Linares	Linares	1712	Previously kent as San Felipe de Linares, foondit in 1712	Its name honours Fernando de Alencastre, a viceroy and duke of Linares, Spain	7004710610000000000♠71,061	7003232200000000000♠2,322	25.8
032	Los Aldamas	Los Aldamas	1820	Foondit as a Mission, later named Villa de Hoyos, renamed Santa María de los Aldamas and finally creatit as municipality and renamed as Los Aldamas in 1820	In honour o the brothers, Juan and Ignacio Aldamas, initiators o the unthirldom of Mexico alang wi Miguel Hidalgo	7003167500000000000♠1,675	7002645000000000000♠645	5
033	Los Herreras	Los Herreras	1874	Formed as Rancho de la Manteca aroond 1760, offeecially creatit as a municipality in 1870	In honour o the New Leonese brothers, José Martín Herrera an the colonel Rafael Herrera, who participated in the Battle o San Bernabé	7003279500000000000♠2,795	7002550000000000000♠550	7.68
034	Los Ramones	Los Ramones	1912	Prior tae 1847 the aurie wis pairt o the Cerralvo municipality an the aurie wis kent as Rancho del Capadero, later annexed tae the Cadereyta municipality and wis kent as Valle de San José de los Ramones, and wis offeecially creatit as a separate municipality until 1912	In honour o the brothers Juan Ignacio Ramón and Buenaventura Ramón, notable precursors o the Mexican unthirldom movement	7003653800000000000♠6,538	7003115600000000000♠1,156	5
035	Marín	Marín	1804	Initially formed in 1684 as a ranch named Rancho de San Antonio de los Martinez, renamed as Villa de San Carlos de Marín in 1804 and subsequently kent as Marin	Primo Feliciano Marín de Porras, a bishop o the New kingdom of León and honour chaplain o the Spain's keeng	7003471900000000000♠4,719	7002157000000000000♠157	26
036	Melchor Ocampo	Melchor Ocampo	1924	Formed as a ranch named Charco Redondo in 1702	Melchor Ocampo, Foreign Secretary during the War of Reform	7003105200000000000♠1,052	7002262000000000000♠262	7
037	Mier y Noriega	Mier y Noriega	1849	Foondit aroond 1715 bi Spanish settlers as Hacienda de San Antonio de Medina	Friar Servando Teresa de Mier, (October 18, 1765–December 3, 1827), a Roman Catholic priest frae Monterrey and a famous preacher and politeecian in New Spain, ane o the maist prominent figures of Nuevo León during the unthirldom movement of New Spain an aw	7003704700000000000♠7,047	7002981000000000000♠981	6
038	Mina	Mina	1851	Foondit in 1608 bi the Spanish Canarian settler Bernabé de las Casas as the Hacienda de San Francisco de Cañas, forby kent as "Valle de San Francisco de las Cañas" and San Francisco de las Cañas which wis an administrative aurie o the Valle de las Salinas, it wis declared as a municipality in 1851	Francisco Javier Mina, (December 15, 1789–November 11, 1817), a Spanish lawyer and airmy officer who sympathized wi the Mexican unthirldom frae Spain, convinced bi Friar Servando Teresa de Mier that it wis possible tae fecht the absolute monarchy of Ferdinand VII in his ain colonies.	7003538400000000000♠5,384	7003391500000000000♠3,915	1.28
039	Montemorelos	Montemorelos	1825	Prior tae 1825, the aurie wis pairt o the Valle de San Mateo del Pilón established in 1701, which wis previously foondit in 1653 bi the Spanish Captain Alonso de León	Componed o the words Monte (moontain), and Morelos, a precursor o the independene of Mexico frae Spain	7004538540000000000♠53,854	7003170000000000000♠1,700	30.9
040	Monterrey	Monterrey	1596	Foondit in its first attempt in 1577 bi Alberto del Canto as Santa Lucía, foondit again bi Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva in 1582 as San Luis rey de Francia but it still wis unpopulated, and wis finally declared foondit wi success on September 20, 1596 bi Diego de Montemayor as Nuestra Señora de Monterrey	The ceety is named Monterrey in honour o the Count and Countess of Monterrey, Spain, forby viceroy of New Spain Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo and his wife	7006113381400000000♠1,133,814	7002781000000000000♠781	2461
041	Parás	Parás	1851	Previously formed as a ranch cried Rancho del Huizachal de los Canales, creatit as a municipality in 1851	José María Parás y Ballesteros, First governor of Nuevo León as a Mexican state	7002992000000000000♠992	7003100800000000000♠1,008	1
042	Pesquería	Pesquería	1844	Foondit in 1699 as Hacienda del Espíritu Santo, later kent as Hacienda of Pesquería Chica	Pesquería in Spanish means 'fishery', it wis named sae acause o the Pesquería River, which cross the aurie	7003307500000000000♠3,075	7002346000000000000♠346	27
043	Rayones	Rayones	1851	Merged in 1851 as Rayones, prior tae 1851, the municipal seat wis a ranch named San Miguel del Tasajal, which wis pairt o the Valle del Pilón nou Montemorelos	In honour o the brothers, Ramón, Ignacio and Francisco Rayón, who focht in the Mexican war of Independence	7002905200000000000♠905.20	7002844000000000000♠844	2.88
044	Sabinas Hidalgo	Sabinas Hidalgo	1826	Initially foondit in 1693 as Valle de Santiago de las Sabinas, creatit as a municipality in 1826	Sabinas, the Spanish wird for "Junipers", coniferous plants abundant in the aurie	7004320400000000000♠32,040	7003139300000000000♠1,393	19.4
045	Salinas Victoria	Salinas Victoria	1826	Initially foondit bi the Portuguese settler Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva as "Villa de Cueva" in 1586, subsequently kent as Valle de Salinas, which wis the administrative aurie's seat o the Valle de las Salinas, ane o the five oreeginal administrative auries o the New kingdom of León	"Salinas" (Spanish for salt marshes) wis chosen acause the lands present saline characteristics. "Victoria" efter the first presidentof Mexico Guadalupe Victoria.	7004278480000000000♠27,848	7003160900000000000♠1,609	19.4
046	San Nicolás de los Garza	San Nicolás de los Garza	1830	Foondit in 1596 when the lands war transfer bi Diego de Montemayor (who successfully haed foondit Monterrey), tae Diego Díaz de Berlanga and his wife Mariana. It wis kent as San Nicolás de los Garza, creatit as a municipality in 1830	In honour of Saint Nicholas, an the last pairt in honour o the Garza surname of Pedro de la Garza, an early Spanish settler and rancher o the aurie	7005496878000000000♠496,878	7001570000000000000♠57	5,724
047	San Pedro Garza García	San Pedro Garza García	1882	The lands war passed in November, 20 1596 tae Diego de Montemayor's son, Diego de Montemayor el mozo, the aurie wis cried San Pedro de los Nogales in 1725, later kent as the Valle de San Pedro, and creatit as a municipality in 1882	"San Pedro", in honour of Saint Peter, and "Garza Garcia", in honour o the governor of Nuevo León, Genaro Garza García	7005125978000000000♠125,978	7001868000000000000♠86.8	1,815
048	Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina	1864	Foondit in November, 20 1596 bi the Spanish captain Lucas García as the Hacienda de Santa Catarina, later kent as Valle de Santa Catarina, creatit as a municipality in 1864	In honour of Saint Catherine, as it wis foondit on the eve of Saint Catherine's day (November 24)	7005227026000000000♠227,026	7002927000000000000♠927	230
049	Santiago	Santiago	1831	Foondit in 1648 as Valle de Santiago del Huajuco bi Diego Rodríguez de Montemayor (Diego de Montemayor's grandson)	"Santiago", a Spanish name version o the apostle James, son of Alphaeus	7004378860000000000♠37,886	7002732000000000000♠732	48.2
050	Vallecillo	Vallecillo	1825	Foondit in 1768 as Real de San Carlos de Vallecillo	In honour of El Vallecillo, a Spanish municipality locatit in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain	7003216900000000000♠2,169	7003182300000000000♠1,823	1.16
051	Villaldama	Villaldama	1826	Foondit in 1690 as Boca de Leones or Real Boca de Leones, creatit as a municipality in 1826 wi the name of Villaldama	Juan Aldama, ane o the precursors o the unthirldom of Mexico	7003424700000000000♠4,247	7003143600000000000♠1,436	4.87