- Salinas Victoria
Infobox City
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, between1586 or1587
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area_total_km2 = 1334.20
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population_as_of = 2005
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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
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = Central Daylight Time
utc_offset_DST = -5
latd = 25| latm=58 | lats= | latNS=N
longd = 100 | longm=18 | longs= | longEW=W
elevation_m = 464
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website = http://www.salinasvictoria.gob.mx
footnotes =Salinas Victoria, is a municipality located to the north of the
Monterrey metropolitan area in the state ofNuevo 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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