Linares is a small city in the
state
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of
Nuevo León
Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis PotosÃ, San Luis ...
,
Mexico
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. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding
municipality of the same name and it is the largest urban centre of the so-called "orange belt" region. The city had a 2005 census population of 56,065, while the municipality's population was 71,061. The city and the municipality both rank tenth in population in the state. The municipality has an area of 2,445.2 km² (944.1 sq mi) and lies in the east-southeast part of the state on the border with the state of
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas, is a state in Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into 43 municipalities.
It is located in nor ...
. The municipality of
Hualahuises is an
enclave
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of Linares municipality.
It was founded on 2 April 1712 by
Sebastián Villegas Cumplido and named in honour of the serving
Viceroy of New Spain
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,
Fernando de Alencastre Norona y Silva,
Duke of
Linares.
Linares has a small industrial park and is well-connected to both Monterrey and the Gulf of Mexico via highway. It is also the main gateway to the southern part of the state.
Linares and its environs are the setting for
SofÃa Segovia's 2015 novel ''El murmullo de las abejas'' (''The Murmur of Bees''). The town is also where the legendary ''norteño'' band
Los Cadetes De Linares originated from in the 1970s.
Twin towns and sister cities
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Linares, Spain
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Linares, Colombia
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Linares, Chile
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Mission
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Monclova
Monclova (), is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the 2015 census, the city had 231,107 inhabitants. Its metropolitan area has 381,432 inhabitants and ...
, Mexico
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References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005INEGI: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica, GeografÃa e Informática
Nuevo LeónEnciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
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Official Ayuntamiento de Linares websiteLinaresvivo.com: Social Website
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Populated places in Nuevo León
Populated places established in 1711
18th-century establishments in Mexico
1711 establishments in the Spanish Empire