San Nicolás de los Garza
San Nicolás | |
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Parque Niños Héroes, San Nicólas de los Garza | |
| Nickname: San Nicolás | |
| Motto: In Unum Progedientes | |
Location of San Nicolás de la Garza in northern Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°45′N 100°17′W / 25.750°N 100.283°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nuevo León |
| Founded | 5 February 1597 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Daniel Carrillo (PAN) |
| Area | |
• City | 60.14 km2 (23.22 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 512 m (1,680 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• City | 412,199 |
| • Density | 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,341,177 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| Website | www |
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 residences and family houses, although it still has several factories that tend to relocate to the periphery of the metropolitan area. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, behind Monterrey, Guadalupe, Ciudad Apodaca and General Escobedo.
It houses the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Autonomous University of Nuevo León), one of the most prestigious public schools in Mexico and Latin America.
San Nicolás, although less populated than Monterrey, has the higher population density.