Monterrey Metropolitan area

Monterrey Metropolitan Area

Common name: Monterrey Metropolitan Area
Largest city	Monterrey
Other cities	- Apodaca  - Escobedo  - Garcia  - Guadalupe  - Juárez  - Monterrey  - Salinas Victoria  - San Nicolás de los Garza  - San Pedro Garza García  - Santa Catarina  - Santiago
Population
- Total	4,080,329
- Density	2,390.6/sq. mi.  923/km²
Area	2,228.5 sq. mi. 5,346.80 km²
State(s)	- Nuevo León
Elevation
- Highest point	{{{highest_ft}}} feet (1500 m)
- Lowest point	{{{lowest_ft}}} feet (512 m)

The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey or AMM, the metropolitan area is the 3rd-largest such area in Mexico.

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

• Apodaca
• Escobedo
• García
• Guadalupe
• Juárez
• Monterrey
• Salinas Victoria
• San Nicolás de los Garza
• San Pedro Garza García
• Santa Catarina
• Santiago

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:

• Cadereyta Jiménez
• Ciénega de Flores
• Pesquería

External links

• INEGI - Statistics of the ZMM
• http://www.nuevoleon.gob.mx