Apodaca, Nuevo León | |
|---|---|
City and municipality | |
 San Francisco de Asis Parish | |
| Motto(s): Progreso con Libertad y Justicia (Progress with Freedom and Justice) | |
  Apodaca, Nuevo León  Apodaca, Nuevo León | |
| Coordinates: 25°46′54″N 100°11′19″W / 25.78167°N 100.18861°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nuevo León |
| Founded | 1585 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cesar Garza Villarreal (PRI) |
| Area | |
| • Municipality | 224.7 km2 (86.8 sq mi) |
| • City | 89.2 km2 (34.4 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Municipality | 656,464 |
| • Density | 2,900/km2 (7,600/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,341,177 |
| • City | 536,436 |
| • City density | 6,000/km2 (16,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylight Time) |
| Website | www |
Apodaca (Spanish pronunciation: [apoˈðaka]) is a city and its surrounding municipality that is part of Monterrey Metropolitan area. It lies in the northeastern part of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area. It is known for becoming recently a heavy industrialized city. As of 2019, the city houses 70% of the industrial plants of the state of Nuevo León. Apodaca is as well the fourth most exporting city in México.[3] The municipality has an area of 224.7 km2. The population has recently increased from around 115,000 people in 1990 to almost 600,000 in 2015. Being one of the fastest-growing territories in terms of population in the Metropolitan Area, becoming the third most populous municipality as of 2015.[4] The municipality is home to Monterrey International Airport which is considered to be the fourth most important in the country and is also one of the municipalities main employers.[5]
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Apodaca municipality with localities
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Monterrey metropolitan area
- ^ "SE CONSOLIDA APODACA COMO CAPITAL INDUSTRIAL DE NUEVO LEÓN". Apodaca (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "DATA NUEVO LEÓN | N.L. Población Total y por Municipio" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Aeropuerto Internacional Mariano Escobedo (MTY)". Aeropuertos.Net (in Spanish). 15 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.