Nuevo Leon is located in Northeastern Mexico, bordering the United States to the north, and linking both countries through the recently opened International Bridge of Colombia. The distance between Monterrey Metropolitan Area (formed by the city of Monterrey, which is the State capital, and 9 adjoining municipalities) and the Texas border is approcimately 140 miles.

The State has a total population approximately of 4.1 million people, of which 83% live in Monterrey Metropolitan Area thus making it highly concentrated State. With less than 4% of Mexico's population, Nuevo Leon contributes 7% of the total GNP of the country.

Mexico's leading industrial economy

	3.9% of Mexico's total population.
	46.8 Billion USD Nuevo Leon's GDP, equivalent to 7.2% of the country's total.
	Producer of 9.8% of all of Mexico's manufactured goods.
	11.5 Billion USD was the total amount of Nuevo Leon's exports in 2004.
	New investments hosted by our state exceeded 1.8 billion USD for the year 2007 creating more than 70,000 jobs.