Monterrey metropolitan area

Metropolitan Area in Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Monterrey Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Area
Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey (Spanish)
Map
Interactive Map of Monterrey Metropolitan Area
  City of Monterrey / Ciudad de Monterrey
  Monterrey Metro Area / Zona Metropolitana

Country Mexico
State(s) Nuevo Leon
Largest cityMonterrey
Other cities - Apodaca
 - Cadereyta Jiménez
 - El Carmen
 - Ciénega de Flores
 - Garcia
 - General Escobedo
 - General Zuazua
 - Guadalupe
 - Juárez
 - Pesquería
 - Salinas Victoria
 - San Nicolás de los Garza
 - San Pedro Garza García
 - Santa Catarina
 - Santiago
Area
 • Total2,957 sq mi (7,658 km2)
Highest elevation
4,900 ft (1,500 m)
Lowest elevation
1,680 ft (512 m)
Population
 (2020 census)[1]
 • Total5,341,177
 • Density1,800/sq mi (700/km2)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
 • Year2023
 • Total$190.3 billion[2]
 • Per capita$37,200
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
Area code81

The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey or AMM, the metropolitan area is the 2nd-largest in Mexico.

Overview

The Monterrey metropolitan area is composed of the municipalities/cities of:

There are three adjacent towns that do not maintain continuous urban development with the core urban area. These towns are considered strategic as the metropolitan area grows and integrates them:

See also

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Monterrey metropolitan area
  2. ^ "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved January 11, 2024.

External links

  • Media related to Monterrey metropolitan area at Wikimedia Commons
  • INEGI - Statistics of the ZMM - 2001
  • https://www.nuevoleon.gob.mx
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Largest metropolitan areas in Mexico
2020 National Population Census
Rank Name State Municipal pop. Rank Name State Municipal pop.
Valley of Mexico
Valley of Mexico
Monterrey
Monterrey
1 Valley of Mexico Mexico City, State of Mexico, Hidalgo 21,804,515 11 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 1,225,432 Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Puebla–Tlaxcala
Puebla–Tlaxcala
2 Monterrey Nuevo León 5,341,171 12 San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 1,221,526
3 Guadalajara Jalisco 5,286,642 13 Mérida Yucatán 1,201,000
4 Puebla–Tlaxcala Puebla, Tlaxcala 3,199,530 14 Mexicali Baja California 1,031,779
5 Toluca State of Mexico 2,353,924 15 Saltillo Coahuila 1,031,779
6 Tijuana Baja California 2,157,853 16 Cuernavaca Morelos 1,028,589
7 León Guanajuato 1,924,771 17 Culiacán Sinaloa 1,003,530
8 Querétaro Querétaro 1,594,212 18 Morelia Michoacán 988,704
9 Juárez Chihuahua 1,512,450 19 Chihuahua Chihuahua 988,065
10 La Laguna Coahuila, Durango 1,434,283 20 Veracruz Veracruz 939,046


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