San Pedro Garza García ''(''also known as San Pedro or Garza García'')'' is a city-municipality of the

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and part of the

Monterrey Metropolitan area The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Officially called ''Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey'' or AMM, the metropolitan area is the 2nd-largest in Mexico. Overview Th ...

. It is a contemporary commercial suburb of the larger metropolitan city of

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between Puente de la Unidad and the Alfa Planetarium, including areas surrounding

Calzada del Valle/Calzada San Pedro Calzada del Valle and Calzada San Pedro, are three-laned intersecting gardened boulevards that serve as the main avenues of the affluent Colonia del Valle neighborhood of San Pedro Garza García, a suburb of the larger metropolitan city of Monterre ...

. In 2018 it was evaluated as having the best quality of life in México and it is regarded as one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Latin America. It has luxury shopping malls, large green areas, as well as important colleges and hospitals. Cerro de Chipinque and Chipinque Ecological Park are notable aspects of the city. The city hosts the headquarters of corporations such as ALFA,

Cemex CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V., known as Cemex, is a Mexican multinational building materials company headquartered in San Pedro, near Monterrey, Mexico. It manufactures and distributes cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates in more than 50 countries ...

Gamesa Gamesa (formerly Galletera Mexicana S.A. de C.V. "Mexican Biscuit Company") is Mexico's largest manufacturer of cookies. The company also makes flour, ready to eat cereals and other related products. It is headquartered in San Nicolás de los Gar ...

, Vitro, Pyosa,

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, and Cydsa.

Geography

The municipality has an area of and is primarily urban, located adjacent to the southwest side of Monterrey. It sits in a valley surrounded by mountains, most notably

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and

Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that ...

Government

The Municipal President (Mayor) of San Pedro is Miguel Treviño de Hoyos, an independent candidate. San Pedro Garza Garcia was founded in 1596. The land was converted into a large

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called "Los Nogales" which produced crops like corn, wheat, and beans. During the 18th century, the

often went by the name of "San Pedro", in honor of

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. The city was not elevated to the status of "Villa" (Village) until December 14, 1882, when it was given the name Garza García, in honor of the

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Genaro Garza García Genaro (from the Latin Januarius, meaning "devoted to Janus") may refer to *Genaro (given name) *Genaro (surname) *Genaro P. and Carolina Briones House The Genaro P. and Carolina Briones House is a historic home in downtown Austin, Texas, United ...

. It was not until 1988 that the mayor at the time, Alejandro Chapa Salazar gave the city its current name, adding the reference to what it was called centuries before.

Education

Higher education

The city is home to the Catholic university,

Universidad de Monterrey The University of Monterrey ( es, Universidad de Monterrey, acronym "UDEM") is a private Catholic-inspired secondary and higher education institution in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, belonging to the Metropolitan Area of Monterr ...

(UDEM), which offers

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

and

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

programs. The Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) has two of its graduate schools in San Pedro. The Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas (EGADE), ITESM's Graduate School of Business, and the Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Política Pública (EGAP), the Graduate School of Politics and Public Administration. Both campuses are located in Valle Oriente. There are no public universities in San Pedro.

Elementary and secondary education

San Pedro has 40 public pre-schools, elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools. The city also has 39 private schools. However, whereas public schools only offer one type of education (e.g., only middle school, or only elementary school), private schools offer multiple types (mostly K-9th and K-12). If counted individually by type of education provided, private schools function as 88 different schools, more than twice the number of public schools. Some examples of notable private schools in San Pedro are

Bachillerato Anáhuac Campus Monterrey The Bachillerato Anáhuac Campus Monterrey preparatory school, is a branch of the catholic school program of Universidad Anáhuac. It is located at Batallón de San Patricio, at San Pedro Garza García N.L., Mexico Mexico (Spanish: Méx ...

Centro de Educación y Cultura del Valle, S.C. (CECVAC) Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil *Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Duq ...

, Colegio Inglés, Instituto Anglia, Instituto Brillamont,

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, Instituto Mater, Instituto San Roberto, Liceo de Monterrey, and The American Institute of Monterrey.

Other education

The ''Asociacion Regiomontana de Lengua Japonesa A.C.'', a part-time Japanese school, is in Garza García.

Notable residents

Maria L. de Hernández María Rebecca Latigo de Hernández (July 29, 1896 – January 8, 1986) was a Mexican-American rights activist. She was born in San Pedro Garza García, Mexico. During the 1930s, she spoke publicly and demonstrated on behalf of Mexican Americ ...

(1896–1986), Mexican-American rights activist, was born in San Pedro Garza García. *

José Antonio Fernández Carbajal José Antonio Fernández Carbajal (born 1954 in Puebla) is a Mexican businessman. He is the chairman and former CEO of FEMSA, the largest beverage company in Latin America. Additionally, he serves as president of the Board of Directors of Mexica ...

, notable businessman * Lorenzo Zambrano, businessman and philanthropist *

Alejandro Junco de la Vega Alejandro Junco de la Vega (born August 28, 1948) is a Mexican journalist and newspaper publisher known for developing one of the largest and most powerful newspaper consortiums in Latin America. Junco is an outspoken advocate for journalistic in ...

, journalist and founder of

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Mauricio Fernández Garza Mauricio Fernández Garza (born April 2, 1950 in Monterrey) is a Mexican politician and businessman directly related to the Fernández Ruiloba wealthy and prominent family; owners of PYOSA (Pigmentos Y Oxidos SA). He was the mayor of San Pedro ...

, politician and businessman

Sister City

San Pedro Garza García has one sister city.: * - Plano,

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, US

References

External links

San Pedro Municipal Website

Nuevo León
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México {{DEFAULTSORT:San Pedro Garza Garcia Populated places in Nuevo León Monterrey metropolitan area 1882 establishments in Mexico Edge cities in Mexico