| Total Type: | Municipality |
| Official Name: | Salinas Victoria |
| Motto: | Cultura, Fidelidad, Trabajo |
| Mapsize: | 220px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Nuevo León |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Rebeca Lozano Débora (PRI) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | No precise date, between 1586 or 1587 |
| Area Total Km2: | 1667 |
| Area Blank1 Title: | town |
| Area Blank1 Km2: | 4.49 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
| Population Total: | 86766 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Metro: | 5341177 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Town |
| Population Blank1: | 13059 |
| Population Density Blank1 Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Central Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | Central Daylight Time |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Coordinates: | 25.9667°N -118°W |
| Elevation M: | 464 |
| Website: | https://www.salinasvictoria.gob.mx/ |
Salinas Victoria, is a municipality and town located in the center of the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. It shares borders with 11 municipalities including, to the north Villaldama and Sabinas Hidalgo; to the south Escobedo and Apodaca; to the east Higueras, Ciénega de Flores and General Zuazua; and finally to the west with Mina, Hidalgo, Abasolo and El Carmen.
Salinas Victoria is the northernmost and, with an extension of 1,667 square kilometers, the largest municipality of the Monterrey metropolitan area. According to the 2005 census, it had a population of 27,848.[3]
"Salinas" (Spanish for salt marshes) was chosen because the lands present saline characteristics. "Victoria" after the first Mexican president Guadalupe Victoria.[4]
| Name | Population (2020) | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Pilares | 25,995 | 1.78 km2 | |
| Valle del Norte | 14,305 | 1.55 km2 | |
| Salinas Victoria | 13,059 | 4.49 km2 | |
| Bosques de los Nogales | 11,980 | 1.34 km2 | |
| Emiliana Zapata | 6,309 | 2.33 km2 | |
| Mission | 5,113 | 1.50 km2 |