Nuevo León

It was named in honor of the fifteenth Viceroy of New Spain, Don Rodrigo Pacheco y Osorio, Marquis of Cerralvo (Spain).

It is located in the northeastern part of the state, in the physiographic region known as the Gulf Coastal Plain, within the northeastern economic zone—a livestock and agricultural area that also includes the municipalities of Agualeguas, General Treviño, Melchor Ocampo, and Parás.