Hidalgo is a town of approximately 20,000 people, and seat of the Municipality of Hidalgo. It is located in the state of Nuevo León, in Northeastern Mexico.

Features

The major

cement A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mi ...

company

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 ...

began with operations here, and still has an operating factory. The

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

cliffs and spires of the

Potrero Chico El Potrero Chico is an internationally renowned rock climbing area in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, outside the town of Hidalgo, within Sierra del Fraile protected area. El Potrero Chico is a unique geological formation of limestone cliffs ...

rock climbing area, in the municipality, draws rock-climbers from across Mexico and around the world.

External links

* https://potrerochico.org/hidalgo/about-hidalgo-nuevo-leon-mexico Populated places in Nuevo León {{NuevoLeón-geo-stub