Higueras is a municipality 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 ...

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. It has an area of 600.2 square kilometers. It is bordered on the north by

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and

Salinas Victoria Salinas Victoria, is a municipality located to in the center of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. It shares borders with 11 municipalities including, to the north Villaldama and Sabinas Hidalgo; to the south Escobedo and Apodaca; to the east Higu ...

, on the south by Doctor González y Marín, to the east by

Agualeguas Agualeguas is both a city and a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico, (). The name "Agualeguas" honors the first inhabitants of the region, the Gualegua tribe. It was recognized as a village on January ...

and Cerralvo, and to the west by General Zuazua and Cienega de Flores. As of 2006 the mayor is Ignacio de Jesús Gonzalez Gonzale

History

In 1709, Luis Monterde y Antillón acquired the land for raising cattle. In 1714 the area was purchased by captain Diego de González. Thenceforth the area was known as Hacienda de Santa Teresa de las Higueras. Diego de González died in 1728 and years his son-in-law, captain José Salvador Lozano, married Doña María Teresa González, and went on to construct the first chapel. The construction of a church was completed in 1854. On February 18, 1865, the number of inhabitants reached 1000, and the title of town (''villa'') was consequently granted by the then-governor of Nuevo León,

Santiago Vidaurri José Santiago Vidaurri Valdez (July 24, 1809 – July 8, 1867) was a controversial and powerful governor of the northern Mexican states of Nuevo León and Coahuila between 1855 and 1864. He was an advocate of federalism. In 1855, he supporte ...

. The first female mayor in Nuevo León, Orfelinda Villarreal, took office there in 1957. Municipalities of Nuevo León {{NuevoLeón-geo-stub