Apodaca
Apodaca is a ceety an its surroondin municipality that is pairt o Monterrey metropolitan aurie. It lees in the northeastren pairt o the metropolitan aurie. As o the 2005 census, the ceety haed a population o 393,195 an the municipality haed a population o 418,784.[1] The municipality haes an aurie o 183.5 km². The fowert-lairgest ceety in the state (ahint Monterrey, Guadalupe, an San Nicolás de los Garza), Apodaca is ane o the fastest-growin ceeties in Nuevo León an an important industrial center.
Apodaca | |
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| Motto(s): Progreso con Libertad y Justicia (Progress wi Freedom an Juistice) | |
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| Coordinates: 25°47′N 100°11′W / 25.783°N 100.183°W | |
| Kintra | Mexico |
| State | Nuevo León |
| Foondit | 1585 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Benito Caballero Garza (.svg){kind=logo} PRI) |
| Area | |
| • City | 183.5 km2 (70.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • City | 418,784 |
| • Metro | 3,664,334 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Staundart Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (Central Daylicht Time) |
| Website | http://www.apodaca.gob.mx |
Transportation
eeditTwa airports, General Mariano Escobedo Internaitional Airport (IATA: MTY) an Del Norte Internaitional Airport (IATA: NTR), are locatit in Apodaca.
VivaAerobus Airline an Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte hae their corporate heidquairters on the grunds o Escobedo Airport.[2]
Economy
eeditThe municipality o Apodaca is ane o the major industrial centers o the state o Nuevo Leon. Apodaca's economy is foondit basically in manufacturin operations an services.
American companies such as Whirpool, General Electric, Polaris Industries, Callaway, Visteon amang mony ithers hae manufacturin operations in Apodaca. Japanese companies such as Denso, Korean companies as LG an Cheenese companies as Lenovo hae manufacturin facilities in Apodaca an aw.
Las Cruces Golf and Country Club, an 18 holes Gowf course is locatit in Apodaca..[3]
Oreegin o the name
eeditThe ceety is namit efter Dr. Salvador Apodaca, Bishop o the ceety o Linares, who wis born in Guadalajara in 1769.[4]
See an aw
eedit- Apodaca Provincial Park (Breetish Columbie, Canadae)
References
eedit- ↑ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- ↑ "Contact Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine." VivaAerobus. Retrieved on October 15, 2009. "HEADQUARTERS:Aeropuerto de Monterrey, Terminal C, Zona de carga Carretera Miguel Alemán Km. 24 Apodaca, Nuevo León, México "
- ↑ "Las Cruces Golf and Contry Club"
- ↑ "Apodaca", Encilopedia de los Municipios de México Archived 2007-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins
eedit- Govrenment o the Ceety o Apodaca Archived 2007-03-21 at the Wayback Machine, Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie)