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Monterrey Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan Area
Zona Metropolitana de Monterrey (Spanish)
From top, left to right: Monterrey Country Club aerial view; Arena Monterrey; Building of Banco Mercantil de Monterrey; Rufino Tamayo Park; Torres Obispado; Estadio BBVA; Monterrey Cathedral & Macroplaza (Padre Mier Avenue).
Interactive Map of Monterrey Metropolitan Area   City of Monterrey / Ciudad de Monterrey   Monterrey Metro Area / Zona Metropolitana
Country	Mexico
State(s)	Nuevo Leon
Largest city	Monterrey
Other cities	- Apodaca  - Cadereyta Jiménez  - El Carmen  - Ciénega de Flores  - Garcia  - General Escobedo  - General Zuazua  - Guadalupe  - Juárez  - Pesquería  - Salinas Victoria  - San Nicolás de los Garza  - San Pedro Garza García  - Santa Catarina  - Santiago
Area
• Total	2,957 sq mi (7,658 km)
Highest elevation	4,900 ft (1,500 m)
Lowest elevation	1,680 ft (512 m)
Population
• Total	5,341,177
• Density	1,800/sq mi (700/km)
GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values)
• Year	2023
• Total	$190.3 billion
• Per capita	$37,200
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
Area code	81

The Monterrey metropolitan area, also known as Greater Monterrey, refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo León. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey, the metropolitan area is the 2nd-largest in Mexico.

Overview

The Monterrey metropolitan area is composed of the municipalities/cities of:

• Apodaca
• Cadereyta Jiménez
• El Carmen
• Escobedo
• García
• Guadalupe
• Juárez
• Monterrey
• Salinas Victoria
• San Nicolás de los Garza
• San Pedro Garza García
• Santa Catarina
• Santiago

There are three adjacent towns that do not maintain continuous urban development with the core urban area. These towns are considered strategic as the metropolitan area grows and integrates them:

• Ciénega de Flores
• General Zuazua
• Pesquería

See also

• Metropolitan Areas of Mexico

References

1. Citypopulation.de Population of Monterrey metropolitan area
2. "TelluBase—Mexico Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved January 11, 2024.

External links

• Media related to Monterrey metropolitan area at Wikimedia Commons
• INEGI - Statistics of the ZMM - 2001
• https://www.nuevoleon.gob.mx

v t e Monterrey Metropolitan Area
Monterrey Apodaca Escobedo García Guadalupe Juárez Salinas Victoria San Nicolás de los Garza San Pedro Garza García Santa Catarina Santiago

v t e Largest metropolitan areas in Mexico 2020 National Population Census

Rank Name State Pop. Rank Name State Pop. Valley of Mexico Monterrey 1 Valley of Mexico Mexico City, State of Mexico, Hidalgo 21,804,515 11 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes 1,225,432 Guadalajara Puebla–Tlaxcala 2 Monterrey Nuevo León 5,341,171 12 San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí 1,221,526 3 Guadalajara Jalisco 5,286,642 13 Mérida Yucatán 1,201,000 4 Puebla–Tlaxcala Puebla, Tlaxcala 3,199,530 14 Mexicali Baja California 1,031,779 5 Toluca State of Mexico 2,353,924 15 Saltillo Coahuila 1,031,779 6 Tijuana Baja California 2,157,853 16 Cuernavaca Morelos 1,028,589 7 León Guanajuato 1,924,771 17 Culiacán Sinaloa 1,003,530 8 Querétaro Querétaro 1,594,212 18 Morelia Michoacán 988,704 9 Juárez Chihuahua 1,512,450 19 Chihuahua Chihuahua 988,065 10 La Laguna Coahuila, Durango 1,434,283 20 Veracruz Veracruz 939,046

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