Montemorelos, Nuevo León

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Montemorelos

Motto: Tierra Feraz y Privilegiada (Feracious and Privileged Land)
Settled	1665
Government
- Presidente Municipal	Gerardo Javier Martínez Méndez
Area
- Total	1,706 km² (658.7 sq mi)
Population (2005 INEGI Census)
- Total	53,854
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CST (UTC-5)
Codigo Postal	67515
Area code(s)	826
Website: [1]

Montemorelos is a city and surrounding municipality of 53,854 inhabitants located in the Northern Mexican state of Nuevo León, in the valley of the Pilon River. It was named after its founder.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Climate
4 Demographics
5 Economy
- 5.1 Agricultural
- 5.2 Industrial
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Captain Alonso de Leon owned a large tract of land in central Nuevo Leon and distributed his large estate to his children in the Valley of the Pilon River, one of his children, General Alonso of Leon established his property in the North margin of the Pilón river and named it “Nuestra Señora de la Regla” in 1665, causing fast development of the property. The residents asked for the intervention of the Bishop of Guadalajara so that the owners of the property donate a piece of land to raise a church. In the year of 1665 San Mateo Church was elevated. The Parochial Church is the true origin of the City of Montemorelos. Montemorelos was settled around its church.^[1]

[edit] Geography

The municipality of Montemorelos is located in the central region of Nuevo Leon, near the city of Monterrey. Coordinates for Montemorelos are 25º11' N and 99º50' W. The area of the municipality is 1,706.2 squared km. The municipality is surrounded by the Madre Oriental and Los Nogales mountain ranges. Montemorelos has several rivers, none of them navigable. The most important rivers located in the municipality are: Ramos, Pilón, Blanquillo, and Potosí rivers.

[edit] Climate

Montemorelos is in the climate group tempered, according to classification of Wladimir Köppen in 1936, and the semiwarm climate sub-group of the subhumid type. It is warm and dry during summertime, humid and cold during wintertime. The average temperature varies between 22º and 24°C and predominates in the months of March, April, October and November. During summer temperatures around 40°C are reached. Sporadic rains generally occur during September and October.

[edit] Demographics

According to the INEGI 2005 Census^[2] the city of Montemorelos has 52,741 residents, of which 26,286 were male and 26,455 are female. Out of its population only 84 or 0.18% of its inhabitants are of Native Indian origin. 38,669 inhabitants belong to the Catholic Church, and 8,070 belonged to other religions. There are 14,327 households in the Montemorelos municipality of which 13,637 were owner occupied.

[edit] Economy

[edit] Agricultural

This municipality is considered as the orchard of the State of Nuevo Leon for its fertile lands and growth of fruits and grains. Due to its quality of its citruses the city of Montemorelos is called the Orange Capital. In addition it also cultivates grapefruit, mandarin, sorghum, maize, gleans and beans.

[edit] Industrial

To a great extent of the industries that exist in the municipality, rotate around citrus. The first processor of orange juice in Latin America was built in Montemorelos. Montemorelos also has assembly plants and manufacturing plants. The products that are handled are: shoes, dresses, books, and construction blocks.