Salinas Victoria

Salinas Victoria

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official_name = Salinas Victoria
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motto = Cultura, Fidelidad, Trabajo


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Mexico
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Nuevo León
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leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Heleodoro Gerardo Treviño Gutiérrez (PRI party)
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established_title = Founded
established_date = No precise date, between 1586 or 1587
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population_total = 27,848
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population_metro = 3,664,334
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timezone = Central Standard Time
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longd = 100 | longm=18 | longs= | longEW=W
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website = http://www.salinasvictoria.gob.mx
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Salinas Victoria, is a municipality located to the north of the Monterrey metropolitan area in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. It shares borders with 11 municipalities including, to the north Villaldama and Sabinas Hidalgo; to the south Escobedo and Apodaca; to the east Higueras, Ciénega de Flores and General Zuazua; and finally to the west with Mina, Hidalgo, Abasolo and El Carmen.

Salinas Victoria's extension is 1,334.20 square kilometers. According to the 2005 census, it has a population of 27,848 persons [ [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática] .

Origin of the name

"Salinas" (Spanish for salt marshes) was chosen because the lands present saline characteristics. "Victoria" after the first Mexican president Guadalupe Victoria. [ [http://www.nl.gob.mx/?P=salinas_victoria Government of Nuevo León, "Salinas Victoria"] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.salinasvictoria.gob.mx Official website Municipality of Salinas Victoria]


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