San Pedro Garza García
San Pedro Garza García | |
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View of San Pedro Garza García | |
| Nickname(s): San Pedro, Garza Garcia | |
| Motto(s): Libertad con Orden y Justicia (Freedom with Order and Justice) | |
Location in the Monterrey metropolitan area | |
| Coordinates: 25°40′N 100°18′W / 25.667°N 100.300°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Nuevo León |
| Founded | November 20, 1596 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mauricio Fernández Garza (Partido Acción Nacional) |
| Area | |
• City | 47.46 km2 (18.32 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 540 m (1,770 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• City | 132,128 |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 5,341,177 |
| • Metro density | 697.5/km2 (1,807/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central Standard Time) |
| Website | www |
San Pedro Garza García (also known as San Pedro) is a city-municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León and part of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. It is a contemporary commercial suburb of the larger metropolitan city of Monterrey between Puente de la Unidad and the Alfa Planetarium, including areas surrounding Calzada del Valle/Calzada San Pedro. In 2018 it was evaluated as having the best quality of life in Mexico. It has luxury shopping malls, large green areas, as well as important colleges and hospitals. Cerro de Chipinque and Chipinque Ecological Park are notable aspects of the city. The city hosts the head offices of companies like ALFA, Cemex, Gamesa, Vitro, Pyosa, Softtek and Cydsa.