Doctor González is a municipality and town located in the northeastern Mexican state of

Nuevo León Nuevo León, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Nuevo León, is a Administrative divisions of Mexico, state in northeastern Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosí, San Luis ...

. It has a territorial extension of 701.8 km². The municipal seat has 404

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above sea level. The municipality is located 48 km northeastwards

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

. The municipality was named in honor of José Eleuterio González.

Geography

It borders with the municipalities of

Higueras Higueras is a Spanish municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alto Palancia, in the Province of Castellón, Valencian Community. In 2015, the population was 91. History The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as ''Torre de la Higuera''. ...

and Cerralvo to north, Pesquería and Los Ramones to south, Cerralvo to west, and Marín to west.

History

The first settlement in what is today the municipality of Doctor González took place in October 21, 1694, founded by Spanish settlers as

Hacienda A ''hacienda'' ( or ; or ) is an estate (or '' finca''), similar to a Roman '' latifundium'', in Spain and the former Spanish Empire. With origins in Andalusia, ''haciendas'' were variously plantations (perhaps including animals or orchards ...

de Ramos, the history of the region where the municipality is now located lies within the

Salinas Valley The Salinas Valley (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Valle de Salinas'') is one of the major valleys and most productive Agriculture, agricultural regions in California. It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and ...

, a historic region in the former

New Kingdom of León The New Kingdom of León (), was an administrative territory of the Spanish Empire, politically ruled by the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It was located in an area corresponding generally to the present-day northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. ...

which extended throughout the Salinas River comprising several municipalities in northern Nuevo León, an important region during the colonization of Nuevo León. The word 'Salinas' designated for the region, was because of the large area characterized by salinity on their lands, useful for livestock and which settled a large number of ranches and farms during the XVII, XVIII and XIX. In 1883 Hacienda de Ramos, was created as a municipality and renamed as Doctor González.

References

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