Nuevo León

Nuevo León (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβo leˈon], officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Nuevo León (English: Free and Sovereign State of New Leon) is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 51 municipalities and its capital city is Monterrey. It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer (9 mi) stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Besides its capital, other...