García is a municipality located to the northwest of the 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....

 in the state of 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...

, Mexico

Mexico

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. García had, according to the 2005 census, a population of 51,658 persons. It borders the municipalities of Mina, Escobedo

General Escobedo

General Escobedo, or simply Escobedo, is a city and municipality in Nuevo León, Mexico that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. As of the census of 2005, the population was 295,131 in the city and 299,364 in the municipality...

 and Hidalgo to the north; to the south and east with Santa Catarina

Santa Catarina, Nuevo León

Santa Catarina is a city and municipality in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico that is part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area.-History:The name of this city comes from the Catholic Saint Catherine of Alexandria....

; and to the west with the state of Coahuila

Coahuila

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.

Origin of the name

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.

Economy

Aviacsa

Aviacsa

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 and Nemak

ALFA (Mexico)

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 have their headquarters in the city. Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls

Johnson Controls, Inc. is a company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was founded in 1885 by professor Warren S. Johnson, inventor of the first electric room thermostat....

, the largest American auto battery company, has its lead acid battery recycling plant located in Garcia.

External links

• Official website of Municipality of García