Iturbide is a municipality of
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, located in
Nuevo León
Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...
. It has an area of 719.2 square kilometers. It is named in honor of
Agustín de Iturbide
Agustín de Iturbide (; 27 September 178319 July 1824), full name Agustín Cosme Damián de Iturbide y Arámburu and also known as Agustín of Mexico, was a Mexican army general and politician. During the Mexican War of Independence, he built a ...
. It is bordered by the municipality of
Galeana on the north and west.
Aramberri borders it to the south, and both
Linares and
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
border it to the east. Its main economic activities are agriculture and tourism. The nearby municipal government center is
San Pedro de Iturbide.
Iturbide is near the crash site of the
2012 Mexico Learjet 25 crash.
References
External links
Municipal website
Iturbide, Nuevo León, México.Photographic GalleryVirtual Stroll
Municipalities of Nuevo León
Populated places in Nuevo León
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