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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 | |
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 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 .svg){kind=small} |
| • Senators[2] | Fernando Elizondo .svg){kind=small} Judith Díaz Delgado Eloy Cantú Segovia |
| • Deputies[3] | Federal Deputies
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| Area | |
| • Total | 64220 km2 (24,800 sq mi) |
| Ranked 13t | |
| Highest elevation | 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
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| 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.
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Nuevo León is dividit intae 51 municipalities (municipios). See municipalities o Nuevo León.
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