Pesquería, Nuevo León

Pesquería, Nuevo León
Municipality
Country	Mexico
State	Nuevo León
Area
• Total	322.8 km^2 (124.6 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[1]
• Total	147,624
• Density	460/km^2 (1,200/sq mi)

Pesquería is a municipality o the state o Nuevo León in Mexico. It is locatit at 25º47´N 100º3´W an 330 metre (1,080 ft) abuin the sea level.^[2] It is pairt o the suburban aurie o the Monterrey metropolitan aurie. Its distance tae the Monterrey dountoun aurie is 36 kilometre (22 mi). Tae the east o Pesquería is Los Ramones, tae the north is Doctor González, tae the wast is Apodaca an the General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, an tae the sooth is Cadereyta Jiménez, aw in Nuevo León.

The river Pesquería flows throu the region.

Demographics

Korean community

The creation o a new automotive plant bi KIA has led tae an influx o Korean immigrants an wirkers tae the area. Colloquially, Pesquería has e'en been referred tae as "Pescorea",^[3] a portmanteau o Pesquería an the Spaingie name for Korea, Corea.

Localities

Name	Population (2020)[1]	Area
Pesquería	48,069	6.27 km^2
Valle de Santa María	40,703	3.33 km^2
Colinas del Aeropuerto	33,108	2.48 km^2
Ladrillera (Entronque Pesqueria)	10,178	2.17 km^2
Las Haciendas	5,692	0.35 km^2
Paseo de San Javier	2,178	0.15 km^2
Los Olmos	1,292	0.09 km^2

Economy

The maist important economic acteevities in the Pesqueria Coonty are cattle-breedin (aboot 20,000 hectares) an agriculture (aboot 10,000 hectares).

Suitable clay deposits enabled foondin o some wirks producin bricks an tiles o guid quality for local consumption as weel as for export.

An automotive plant was biggit by the Korean KIA Motors company in 2016 for a planned production o 300,000 cars ilka year.

References

1. Citypopulation.de
2. "GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org (in Inglis). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
3. "Pesquería y su nueva realidad". Zócalo (in Spainish).