Pesquería Municipality is a
municipality of the state of
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 ...
in
Mexico. It is located at 25º47´N 100º3´W and above sea level. It is part of the suburban area of the
Monterrey Metropolitan area. Its distance to the
Monterrey
Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anchor ...
city downtown area is . To the east of Pesquería is
Los Ramones
Los Ramones is the name of a municipality and its corresponding seat of government and main population center in Mexican state of Nuevo Leon.
Location
Los Ramones is located in the west central portion of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. Its ...
, to the north is Doctor González, to the west are
Apodaca and
General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, and to the south is
Cadereyta Jiménez, all of which are in Nuevo León.
The river
Pesquería
Pesquería Municipality is a municipality of the state of Nuevo León in Mexico. It is located at 25º47´N 100º3´W and above sea level. It is part of the suburban area of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. Its distance to the Monterrey city ...
flows through the region.
Demographics
Korean community
The creation of a new automotive plant by KIA has led to an influx of Korean immigrants and workers to the area. Colloquially, Pesquería has even been referred to as "Pescorea",
a portmanteau of Pesquería and the Spanish name for Korea, Corea.
Economy
The most important economic activities in the Pesqueria County are cattle-breeding (about 20,000 hectares) and agriculture (about 10,000 hectares).
Suitable clay deposits enabled founding of some works producing bricks and tiles of good quality for local consumption as well as for export.
An automotive plant was built by the Korean
KIA Motors company in 2016 for a planned production of 300,000 cars yearly.
References
Municipalities of Nuevo León
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