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about Monterrey

Monterrey is the capital city of the Mexican state of Nuevo León, well known for its industries, particularly beer, finance, glass, and steel. Carta Blanca, Bohemia, Sol, Casta, Indio, XX, and Nochebuena are examples of the beers produced in the city. Vitro figures as one of the most important glass factories in North America. Cemex, the world wide conglomerate of cement, concrete, and building materials, has its headquarters there. Banorte is the only Mexican bank controlled by Mexicans. The steel industry used to be led by the "Compañía Fundidora de Fierro y Acero de Monterrey", popularly known as Fundidora, which went broke in the mid-1980s. Today, the remains of the Fundidora factory have been transformed into the beautiful Fundidora Park, which hosts a Champcars race once a year.

Monterrey is located in northeastern Mexico, and has about 1.1 million inhabitants, although the metropolitan area (San Pedro Garza García, San Nicolás de los Garza, Apodaca, Guadalupe, Escobedo, and Santa Catarina) add another 2.5 million.

Monterrey geography

Located at 25.9°N 100.2°W, in the Northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. Monterrey is the capital of the state. The Santa Catarina river bisects the city, and is dry for most of the year, except during occasional heavy rainstorms.

Monterrey is nicknamed la Ciudad de las Montañas ("City of Mountains") as it is surrounded by them. The Sierra Madre Oriental crosses south of the city, in the suburb of San Pedro Garza García. A small, dead volcano, the Cerro del Topo, and its smaller Topo Chico are located in the suburb of San Nicolás de los Garza. West of the city rises the Cerro de las Mitras, so called because the profile of a bishop with his mitre (mitra) can be dominates the view. South of the Santa Catarina river, the Loma Larga separates Monterrey from the suburb of San Pedro Garza García. North of the river, the summit of the Cerro del Obispado is the site of the historic Bishop's Palace (Obispado), where one of the most important battles in the Mexican-American War was fought.

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