Doctor Arroyo, Nuevo León Explained

Doctor Arroyo Municipality
Settlement Type:Municipality
Mapsize:300px
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Nuevo León
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Doctor Arroyo
Area Total Km2:5,106.2
Population As Of:2010[1]
Population Total:9,339
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:23.6667°N -110°W
Elevation M:1,720

Doctor Arroyo Municipality is a municipality located in the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It has a territorial extension of 5,106.2 km2. The municipality was named in honor of José Francisco Arroyo de Anda. The municipality was renamed on September 22, 1826. The municipality had 33,269 inhabitants in the 2010 census.

Geography

It lies in the Sierra Madre Oriental, it borders the municipalities of Aramberri and Galeana to the north, Mier y Noriega and the state of San Luis Potosí to the south and the municipalities of Aramberri, General Zaragoza, the state of Tamaulipas to the east. Doctor Arroyo is located in the zone there are great rivers of intermittent streams and a large mountain range, where occasional snowfall occurs in winter.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Principales resultados por localidad 2010 (ITER). 2010. Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía.