Anáhuac Municipality

Anáhuac Municipality
Motto(s): 
Progress and Production
CountryMexico
StateNuevo León
EstablishedMay 5, 1933
Government
  TypeMunicipality
  Municipal PresidentJuan Manuel Morton Gonzalez
Area
  Total
4,569.6 km2 (1,764.3 sq mi)
Elevation
197 m (646 ft)
Population
 (2010)
  Total
18,480
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
WebsiteAnáhuac Municipality

Anáhuac Municipality is one of the municipalities of the Mexican state of Nuevo León. The city of Anáhuac was founded on May 5, 1933, inside the municipal jurisdiction of Lampazos de Naranjo, Nuevo León, as the political head of the National System of Irrigation No.04 (SNI). On May 29, 1935, this city was declared a municipality. By decision of the Government of the State the municipal territory annexed the abandoned community of Colombia, Nuevo León in 1978. From 1992, Anáhuac Municipality has received federal contributions for the commercial use of the Colombia-Solidarity International Bridge, which is the only international border crossing between Nuevo León and Texas. Anáhuac Municipality is divided into eight regions: Estación Rodríguez, Ejido Nuevo Rodríguez, Ejido Camarón, Ejido Nuevo Anáhuac, Ejido Rodríguez, Ciudad Anáhuac, Salinillas, and Regantes.