Monterrey
#277 in WorldMexico
1 / 12
© Daniel EscobedoCC BY-SA 4.0
Population
1.1M
Coordinates
25.6866, -100.3161
Category
cities
About
Monterrey is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. The city anchors the Monterrey metropolitan area, Mexico's second largest metropolitan area with a population of 5,347,000 as of 2026, and is often considered the richest city in Latin America. According to the 2020 census, Monterrey itself has a population of 1,142,194. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Monterrey is a major business and industrial hub in Mexico and the Americas.
More about Monterrey
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Monterrey”, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Read full article