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Nuevo León (Spanish for "New León", after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. It borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León accounts for a 15 km stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas. It was originally founded by Alberto del Canto, although frequent raids by Chichimecas, the natives of the north, prevented the establishment of almost any permanent settlements. Subsequent to the failure of del Canto to populate Nuevo León, Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, at the head of Portuguese and Spanish settlers, requested permision from the Spanish King to attempt to repopulate the area. In the 19th century, Nuevo León was in a growth spurt and the bargain land deals attracted immigrants of German, Slavic, French, Italian, Jewish and Anglo-American origin. According to Mexican demographers, a great deal of American Indian tribes from the United States (Texas) and a large number of African-Americans evacuated to Nuevo León. The capital of Nuevo León
is Monterrey, the third largest city in Mexico with over three million
residents. Monterrey is a modern and affluent city, although Nuevo León
has not been completely industrialized. The state, like most of Northern
Mexico, has a vaquero culture and many of these cowboys had temporarily
worked for the U.S. cattle industry.
Monterreyis
the capital city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León
and a municipality of the same name. Also known as the "City of the Mountains"
and "Sultana del Norte" (Sultan of the North), the city is a modern industrial
and business center. It is the third most populated metropolitan area in
the country. The city is ranked in Latin America as having the highest
GDP per capita and as being the most secure. The city was named after the
Countess of Monterrey, wife of the Viceroy of New Spain Gaspar de Zúñiga
y Acevedo, Count of Monterrey.
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