Settlement Type: | City and municipality |
Total Type: | City |
Official Name: | García |
Motto: | In Unitate Superatio |
Mapsize: | 220px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Nuevo León |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Manuel Guerra Cavazos MORENA |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1583 |
Area Total Km2: | 25.98 |
Area Blank1 Title: | Municipality |
Area Blank1 Km2: | 1032 |
Population As Of: | 2020 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Population Total: | 234698 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Municipality |
Population Blank1: | 397205 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
Population Metro: | 5341177 |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 25.8167°N -135°W |
Elevation M: | 697 |
García is a city and municipality located to the northwest of the Monterrey metropolitan area in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The municipality had, according to the 2005 census, a population of 145,867.[3] It borders the municipalities of Mina, Escobedo and Hidalgo to the north; to the south and east with Santa Catarina; and to the west with the state of Coahuila.
The municipality was named in honor of a Nuevo León native Joaquín García, who was born in the city and who served two terms as governor of the state of Nuevo León. Before the name change, the municipality was called Hacienda de San Juan el Bautista de Pesquería Grande.[4]
Aviacsa,[5] before they ceased operations, and Nemak, a part of ALFA have their headquarters in the city. Johnson Controls, the largest American auto battery company, has its lead acid battery recycling plant located in Garcia.