Mier y Noriega is a
municipality
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situated in the far southern region of the
Mexican state
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of
Nuevo León.
It borders the municipality of
Doctor Arroyo
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to the north, the only municipality it borders in Nuevo León; the municipality also borders
San Luis Potosí and
Tamaulipas
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Population
The municipality has 7,095 inhabitants, of which 1,214 live in the town of Mier y Noriega, the seat of the municipality. Other settlements with more than 500 residents include La Cardona, Cerros Blancos, Las Palomas, and Tapona Morena.
History
The municipality was founded in 1849 and is named for Servando Teresa de Mier Noriega y Guerra, a Monterrey native who helped draft the Mexican Constitution of 1824
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. The first colonial settlement took place at the end of the 19th century by agave
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farmers, though there had been previous indigenous settlement.
References
Municipalities of Nuevo León
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