ESTADO DE NUEVO LEÓN Other Mexican States Capital Monterrey Other major cities list of municipalities Area 64,924 km² Ranked 13th Population (2000 census) 3,826,240 Ranked 9th Governor (2003-09) José Natividad González Parás (PRI/PVEM) Federal Deputies (11) PRI/PVEM = 10 PAN = 1 Federal Senators PAN = 2 PRI = 1 ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr. MX-NLE N.L.

Nuevo León (Spanish for "New León", after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. It borders the Mexican 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 also shares a 15 km stretch of borderline with Texas, (USA). Map of Mexico showing Nuevo Leon state, from de wikipedia This image is assumed to be in the Public Domain by analogy with Image:Tamaulipas in Mexiko. ... Mexico is divided into 31 states (estados) and 1 Federal District (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ... The Mexican state of Nuevo León is divided into 51 municipalities (municipios): Categories: Lists of municipalities of Mexico | Mexican states | Cities in Nuevo León ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Political division of Mexico The following table presents a listing of Mexicos 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state), ranked in order of their surface area. ... Political division of Mexico The following table presents a listing of Mexicos 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state), ranked in order of their total population (per year 2000 census data from INEGI). ... The United Mexican States ( Mexico) is a federal republic comprising 31 states and one federal district (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Federal). ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) held power in Mexico for more than 70 years. ... The Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... The Chamber of Deputies (Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Mexicos bicameral legislature, the Congress of the Union. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) held power in Mexico for more than 70 years. ... The Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... The National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional), known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative party and one of the main political parties in Mexico. ... The Senate (Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexicos bicameral Congress. ... ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... Categories: Spain geography stubs | Castile-Leon | Provinces of Spain ... The Kingdom of Spain or Spain (Spanish and Galician: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. ... The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... Other Mexican States Capital Ciudad Victoria Other major cities Tampico Area 79,384 km² Ranked 7th Population (2000 census) 2,747,110 Ranked 13th Governor (1999-2005) Tomás Yarrington Ruvalcaba (PRI) Federal Deputies (8) PRI = 6 PAN = 2 Federal Senators PRI = 2 PAN = 1 ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr. ... Zacatecas is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Other Mexican States Capital San Luis Potosí, SLP Other major cities Matehuala list of municipalities Area 63,068 km² Ranked 15th Population (2000 census) 2,296,360 Ranked 16th Governor (2003-09) Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga ( PAN) Federal Deputies (7) PAN = 4 PRI/ PVEM = 3 Federal Senators... Other Mexican States Capital Saltillo Other major cities Torreón Piedras Negras list of municipalities Area 149,982 km² Ranked 3rd Population (2000 census) 2,295,800 Ranked 17th Governor (1999-2005) Enrique Martínez y Martínez (PRI) Federal Deputies (7) PRI = 6 pending = 1 Federal Senators PAN = 2... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None Area 696,241 km² (2nd)  - Land 678,907 km²  - Water 17,333 km² (2. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

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 Leon, 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. Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva was born in Magadouro, Portugal, in 1539 in a family of Jewish converts to Catholicism. ...

The capital city of Nuevo León is Monterrey. This article is about the Mexican city; for other uses, see Monterrey (disambiguation). ...

Economy

Highly industralized, Nuevo León ranks above all Latin American countries at the Human Development Index developed by the UN. The UN Human Development Index (HDI) measures poverty, literacy, education, life expectancy, and other factors. ... The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ...

One of its municipalities, San Pedro Garza García, has the highest income per capita in Latin America and Monterrey, the capital, is one of the largest cities in the nation and home of powerful conglomerates, such as Cemex (world's second largest cement company), Bimbo (bakery and pastry), Maseca (food and grains), Banorte (the only high-street bank in Mexico wholly owned by Mexicans), Grupo Alfa (Sigma, Alestra, Nemak, Alpek and Hylsa), Vitro (glass), FEMSA (Coca-Cola in Latin America), and Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma (brewers of Sol, Tecate, XX, Bohemia, Indio and Nochebuena). San Pedro Garza García, commonly referred to as either San Pedro or Garza García, is the most affluent municipality in Latin America. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Cemex SA de CV ( NYSE: CX) is the worlds third largest manufacturer of cement and the worlds leading supplier of ready-mix concrete. ... Banorte is a major bank in Mexico it was established in 1889 and is based in Monterrey. ... Today ALFA is a Mexican company consisting of five business groups: Alpek (petrochemicals and synthetic fibers), Sigma (refrigerated and frozen food), Versax (aluminum auto components), Onexa (telecommunications) and Hylsamex (steel). ... The Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma in Monterrey, Mexico The Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma is a major Mexican brewery, founded in 1890. ...

Government

See main article Politics and government of Nuevo León. The governmental structures of Nuevo León, a Mexican state, are organized according to artcle 30 of the state constitution, which provides for a republican, representative and popular government, divided into three independent branches (executive, legislative and judicial) that cannot be joined together in a single person or institution. ...

Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León (Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León).

Type of government: Republican and representative according to 30th article of the local constitution. In political science, a republican (lowercase r) is a person who advocates the establishment of a republic as a form of government, in contrast to a monarchist and focused more on republican ideals than democratic. ... An organizations constitution defines its form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules. ...

Executive: In the 6 July 2003 gubernatorial election, Alianza Ciudadana – an electoral alliance between the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and the Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM) – regained control of the state from President Fox's party National Action Party (PAN). The new governor, José Natividad González Parás of the PRI, was sworn in on 4 October 2003 for a period of six years. July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ... A governor is an official who heads the government of a colony, state or other sub-national state unit. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) held power in Mexico for more than 70 years. ... The Green Ecological Party of Mexico (Spanish: Partido Verde Ecologista de México, known by the abbreviation PVEM) is one of the six political parties to enjoy representation in the Mexican Congress. ... Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the current president of Mexico. ... The National Action Party is the name of various political parties El Salvador - National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) Mexico - National Action Party (Partido Acción Nacional) See also: National Party, List of political parties. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January January 1 - Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...

Cabinet: Chosen directly by the Governor except for the General Comptroller and the State General Attorney, which are elected by Congress from a list of names provided by the Governor.

Legislative: The State has a unicameral chamber. The LXX Congress of Nuevo León is composed of 42 deputies, 26 of them chosen by first-past-the-post electoral districts and 16 of them by proportional representation on a party-list basis. The parties represented are the PRI with twenty-four (20 fpp and 4 pr), the PAN with eleven (6 & 5), the Partido del Trabajo (PT) with three (0 & 3), the PVEM with two (0 & 2), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) with one (0 & 1), and one independent (who was a member of Convergencia at the time of the election). The president of the permanent commission is César Santos Cantú of the PRI. The Congress of the State of Nuevo Leon is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Nuevo Leon. ... A deputy can be: In politics, a member of many national legislatures, particularly those legislative bodies styled Chambers of Deputies. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... Proportional Representation (PR) describes various multi-winner electoral systems which try to ensure that the proportional support gained by different groups is accurately reflected in the election result. ... The first-past-the-post electoral system is a voting system for single-member districts, variously called first-past-the-post (FPTP or FPP), winner-take-all, plurality voting, or relative majority. ... Proportional Representation (PR) describes various multi-winner electoral systems which try to ensure that the proportional support gained by different groups is accurately reflected in the election result. ... The Labour Party (Partido del Trabajo, abbreviated to PT) is a Mexican political party. ... The Party of the Democratic Revolution (in Spanish: Partido de la Revolución Democrática, PRD) is one of the three main political parties in Mexico. ... Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia) is a political party in Mexico. ...

Judiciary: Judicial power rests in the Superior Court of Justice of the State of Nuevo León, led by Minister Genaro Muñoz Muñoz.

Political parties: Official recognition is given by the State Electoral Commission to those parties getting more than 1.5% of the votes in the last election (Art.40 of the State Electoral Law), which are the ones represented in Congress.

Municipalities

Nuevo León is divided into 51 municipalities (municipios). See municipalities of Nuevo León. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... The Mexican state of Nuevo León is divided into 51 municipalities (municipios): Categories: Lists of municipalities of Mexico | Mexican states | Cities in Nuevo León ...

See also

• History of Nuevo León
• Fiestas of Nuevo León

The Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León (Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León) was first colonized in the 16th century by immigrants from the Iberian Peninsula. ... Most of the fiestas of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico are related to the anniversaries of the foundation of municipalities, the celebration of local Roman Catholic patron saints or exhibitions of the most popular produce of the particular region. ...

Sources

• Human Development Report for Mexico 2002 (http://www.undp.org.mx/desarrollohumano/index_ing.html)
• Historia de Nuevo León by Israel Cavazos (in Spanish) (http://lectura.ilce.edu.mx:3000/biblioteca/sites/estados/libros/nleon/htm/SEC_14.html)
• Encliclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish) (http://www.e-local.gob.mx/enciclo/nuevoleon/)
• Comisión Estatal Electoral de Nuevo León (in Spanish) (http://www.cee-nl.org.mx)
• Ley Estatal Electoral de Nuevo León, 1996 (in Spanish) (http://www.cee-nl.org.mx/CEE_html/elproceso/leyelectoral.htm)

External link

• Towns, cities, and postal codes in Nuevo León (http://cp.alternativo.net/nl.php) (in Spanish)