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Key facts
- Capital
- Monterrey
- Largest city
- Monterrey (1,142,952)
- Population
- 6,274,840 (2025)
- Area
- 64,156 km² (24,771 sq mi)
- Municipalities of Nuevo León
- 51
- Most populous municipality
- Monterrey (1,135,843)
- Largest municipality by area
- Galeana, 7,068 km² (2,729 sq mi)
About Nuevo León
Nuevo León has 51 municipalities and about 6,274,840 people (2025) on 64,156 km² (24,771 sq mi). Monterrey is both the capital and the largest city, with 1,142,952 people (2020). It borders Coahuila, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas and United States.
Monterrey is the most populous municipality (1,135,843 people) and Parás the least (818); Galeana is the largest by area (7,068 km²) and Abasolo the smallest (47 km²).
Largest cities in Nuevo León
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 92 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | Municipality | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monterrey | Monterrey | 1,142,952 |
| 2 | Guadalupe | Guadalupe | 635,862 |
| 3 | Ciudad Apodaca | Apodaca | 536,436 |
| 4 | Ciudad General Escobedo | General Escobedo | 454,967 |
| 5 | San Nicolás de los Garza | San Nicolás de los Garza | 412,199 |
| 6 | Ciudad Benito Juárez | Juárez | 308,285 |
| 7 | Ciudad Santa Catarina | Santa Catarina | 304,052 |
| 8 | García | García | 234,698 |
| 9 | San Pedro Garza García | San Pedro Garza García | 132,128 |
| 10 | Cadereyta Jiménez | Cadereyta Jiménez | 75,721 |
| 11 | Jardines de la Silla (Jardines) | Juárez | 75,426 |
| 12 | Linares | Linares | 70,378 |
| 13 | Montemorelos | Montemorelos | 54,467 |
| 14 | Mitras Poniente | García | 53,461 |
| 15 | Pesquería | Pesquería | 48,069 |
| 16 | Arboledas de San Roque | Juárez | 47,155 |
| 17 | Santiago | Santiago | 43,019 |
| 18 | Parque Industrial Ciudad Mitras | García | 41,487 |
| 19 | Valle de Santa María | Pesquería | 40,703 |
| 20 | Fraccionamiento Real Palmas | General Zuazua | 40,259 |
| 21 | Valle de Lincoln | García | 39,998 |
| 22 | Ciudad Sabinas Hidalgo | Sabinas Hidalgo | 33,522 |
| 23 | Colinas del Aeropuerto | Pesquería | 33,108 |
| 24 | El Jaral | El Carmen | 30,843 |
| 25 | Real del Sol | Ciénega de Flores | 30,279 |
Populations are INEGI's Encuesta Intercensal 2025 estimates for 15 October 2025 of the people living in private dwellings; the 51 municipalities add up to the state's 6,274,840. The state's total on the Mexico map, 6,291,899, also counts the 17,059 people INEGI estimates in collective dwellings and without a dwelling, which it publishes only for the whole state. Towns are INEGI's localities with their 2020 Census population: every municipal seat and every other locality of 5,000 people or more.
Municipalities of Nuevo León
All 51 municipalities. Select one to show it on the map.
| Abasolo | 2,927 | 47 | |
| Agualeguas | 3,030 | 981 | |
| Ciudad de Allende | 37,784 | 190 | |
| Anáhuac | 16,586 | 4,539 | |
| Ciudad Apodaca | 712,979 | 224 | |
| Aramberri | 14,234 | 2,689 | |
| Bustamante | 3,452 | 467 | |
| Cadereyta Jiménez | 143,906 | 1,141 | |
| Ciudad Cerralvo | 7,414 | 1,007 | |
| China | 7,170 | 4,266 | |
| Ciénega de Flores | 82,016 | 139 | |
| Doctor Arroyo | 39,379 | 5,054 | |
| Doctor Coss | 1,220 | 721 | |
| Doctor González | 2,604 | 615 | |
| Carmen | 133,796 | 104 | |
| Galeana | 41,390 | 7,068 | |
| García | 550,959 | 1,032 | |
| General Bravo | 4,567 | 1,889 | |
| Ciudad General Escobedo | 507,642 | 149 | |
| Ciudad General Terán | 14,760 | 2,479 | |
| General Treviño | 1,244 | 388 | |
| General Zaragoza | 5,997 | 1,307 | |
| General Zuazua | 149,568 | 184 | |
| Guadalupe | 631,799 | 119 | |
| Hidalgo | 17,907 | 171 | |
| Higueras | 1,349 | 443 | |
| Hualahuises | 7,607 | 128 | |
| Iturbide | 3,141 | 561 | |
| Ciudad Benito Juárez | 596,176 | 247 | |
| Lampazos de Naranjo | 6,023 | 3,428 | |
| Linares | 85,984 | 2,509 | |
| Los Aldamas | 909 | 695 | |
| Los Herreras | 1,679 | 497 | |
| Los Ramones | 3,841 | 1,341 | |
| Marín | 5,440 | 265 | |
| Melchor Ocampo | 1,081 | 208 | |
| Mier y Noriega | 7,223 | 998 | |
| Mina | 6,772 | 3,860 | |
| Montemorelos | 65,714 | 1,869 | |
| Monterrey | 1,135,843 | 324 | |
| Parás | 818 | 1,171 | |
| Pesquería | 168,251 | 323 | |
| Rayones | 2,173 | 683 | |
| Ciudad Sabinas Hidalgo | 35,152 | 1,541 | |
| Salinas Victoria | 124,270 | 1,667 | |
| San Nicolás de los Garza | 382,034 | 60 | |
| San Pedro Garza García | 132,933 | 71 | |
| Ciudad Santa Catarina | 308,887 | 916 | |
| Santiago | 52,405 | 739 | |
| Vallecillo | 1,389 | 1,765 | |
| Ciudad de Villaldama | 3,416 | 879 |
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Sources
- Municipalities and states: INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía), Marco Geoestadístico of the Encuesta Intercensal 2025; areas measured from these boundaries.
- Populations: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025, population in private dwellings by municipality at 15 October 2025 (main results by locality, open data); the state's total population: INEGI, Encuesta Intercensal 2025.
- Towns and municipal seats: INEGI, Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades (AGEEML), with each locality's population in the Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
- Federal highways: INEGI, Red Nacional de Caminos 2025 (with the SICT and the Mexican Institute of Transportation).
- Rivers: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica Digital de México 1:250 000, edition 1.0; lakes and reservoirs: INEGI, Red Hidrográfica 1:50 000, edition 2.0.
- United States: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.