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    Monterrey is the capital and largest city of Nuevo León, Mexico, and a major North American business and industrial hub. Learn about its prehispanic, colonial, and modern history, its culture, its GDP, and its quality of life.

  2. Plan your trip to Monterrey, Mexico's industrial city with a mountain and a historic neighborhood. Find the best hotels, restaurants, tours, and activities for your visit.

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  3. Monterrey es la capital de Nuevo León y la segunda ciudad más poblada y rica de México. Fundada en 1596, es un centro de negocios, finanzas, industria y cultura en el Noreste de México.

  4. Find out the best attractions, tours and activities in Monterrey, Mexico. Explore historic sites, parks, caves, museums, shopping malls and more with TripAdvisor reviews and ratings.

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    Monterrey, city, capital of Nuevo León estado (state), northeastern Mexico. At an elevation of about 1,765 feet (538 metres) in the west-central part of the state, Monterrey sprawls over the semiarid floodplain of the Santa Catarina River, which spills eastward from the flanks of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Parts of the city are set against the scen...

    Founded as a Spanish settlement in 1596, Monterrey grew slowly, owing to Indian resistance, periodic floods, and a lack of mineral wealth. By 1775 it had only a few hundred residents, but in the 19th century the city mushroomed into a major population centre. During the Mexican-American War (1846–48) it was captured by U.S. troops, many of whom rav...

    Monterrey is the heart of one the country’s largest urban agglomerations. With a mixture of services and manufacturing, it is also the key to Nuevo León’s status as the third largest state economy in Mexico, after the Federal District and the state of México. Heavy industries such as ironworks and steelworks produce steel sheet-rolls and an array of other metal products. Monterrey’s wide range of light manufactures include textiles, beer, processed foods, chemicals, and glass and plastic products. On the piedmont to the north and east of the city, irrigated crops are grown, including cotton, citrus fruits, sugarcane, cereals (especially corn [maize] and wheat), and vegetables. Monterrey is the chief Mexican beneficiary of the large Falcon (Falcón) Dam and Reservoir project, on the lower Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte); local rivers also provide hydroelectric power.

    High-rise hotels and office buildings mark the central business district, above which looms the lava-red Lighthouse of Commerce, a 230-foot (70-metre) observation tower symbolizing the economic aspirations of the city. The city’s amenities also include shopping malls, golf courses, and a convention centre, which hosts large trade shows. The varied urban landscape—with slums and fashionable districts sometimes in close proximity—reveals Monterrey’s blend of wealthy, middle-class, and poor residents. But its general urban development contrasts strongly with the relative poverty of smaller cities and rural districts.

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  5. Sep 15, 2024 · Monterrey is one of Mexico's largest cities and offers plenty of things to do from boat rides to exploring caves. Here are our top picks on what to do.

  6. Aug 22, 2024 · Monterrey is an underrated city with lots of hidden gems just waiting to be explored. Check out our list of the 15 best things to do in Monterrey, Mexico.