Apodaca is a city and its surrounding municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

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 that is part of Monterrey Metropolitan area

Monterrey Metropolitan area

The Monterrey metropolitan area refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Officially called Area Metropolitana de la Ciudad de Monterrey or AMM, the metropolitan area is the 3rd-largest such area in Mexico....

. It lies in the northeastern part of the metropolitan area. As of the 2005 census, the city had a population of 393,195 and the municipality had a population of 418,784. The municipality has an area of 183.5 km². The fourth-largest city in the state (behind Monterrey, Guadalupe

Guadalupe, Nuevo León

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, and San Nicolás de los Garza

San Nicolás de los Garza

San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a city and coextensive municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. It has become primarily a city for residencies and family houses, although it still has several factories that...

), Apodaca is one of the fastest-growing cities in Nuevo León

Nuevo León

Nuevo León It is located in Northeastern Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has a 15 kilometer stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S...

 and an important industrial center.

Transportation

Two airports, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport

General Mariano Escobedo International Airport

General Mariano Escobedo International Airport is an international airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo León, Mexico. Together with Del Norte International Airport, General Mariano Escobedo International Airport handles domestic and international operations for the city of Monterrey and its...

 (IATA: MTY) and Del Norte International Airport

Del Norte International Airport

Del Norte International Airport is an airport located in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, working as a secondary airport for Mexico's third largest city, Monterrey....

 (IATA: NTR), are located in Apodaca.

VivaAerobus Airline and Grupo Aeroportuario Centro Norte have their corporate headquarters on the grounds of Escobedo Airport.

Economy

The municipality of Apodaca is one of the major industrial centers of the state of Nuevo Leon. Apodaca's economy is founded basically in manufacturing operations and services.

American companies such as Whirpool, General Electric

General Electric

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, Polaris Industries

Polaris Industries

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, Callaway

Callaway

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, Visteon

Visteon

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 among many others have manufacturing operations in Apodaca. Japanese companies such as Denso

DENSO

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, Korean companies as LG

LG

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 and Chinese companies as Lenovo also have manufacturing facilities in Apodaca.

Las Cruces Golf and Contry Club, an 18 holes Golf course

Golf course

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 is located in Apodaca..

Origin of the name

The city is named after Dr. Salvador Apodaca, Bishop

Bishop

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 of the city of Linares

Linares, Nuevo León

Linares is a small city in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name and it is the largest urban centre of the so called "orange belt" region. The city had a 2005 census population of 56,065, while the...

, who was born in Guadalajara

Guadalajara, Jalisco

Guadalajara is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of Jalisco in the western-pacific area of Mexico. With a population of 1,564,514 it is Mexico's second most populous municipality...

in 1769.

External links

• Government of the City of Apodaca, Official website