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Welcome to Monterrey Mexico
Monterrey is city of some 3.8 million people. It was named by Fortune magazine as the best city in Latin America in which to do business.
Monterrey (Spanish for King Mountain) is 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, has the highest
GDP per capita of all metropolitan areas in Mexico
[1] and is the second largest area after Mexico
City. The whole metropolitan area has been ranked
as having the highest GDP per capita and as the
most secure conurbation in Latin America in 2005
The city is named after the Countess of Monterrei
(a city in Galicia, Spain) wife of the Viceroy
of New Spain Gaspar de Zúñiga y Acevedo, Count
of Monterrey.
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