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NUEVO LEON

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 845 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LEON , a See also:northern See also:state of See also:Mexico, bounded N., E. and S.E. by See also:Tamaulipas, S. and S.W. by See also:San Luis See also:Potosi and W. and N. by See also:Coahuila. Pop. (19o0) 327,937; See also:area 23,592 sq. m. Nuevo Leon lies partly upon the See also:great Mexican See also:plateau and partly upon its eastern slopes, the Sierra Madre See also:Oriental See also:crossing the state N.W. to S.E. A See also:branch of the Sierra Madre extends northward from the vicinity of Salinas, but its elevations are See also:low. The See also:average See also:elevation of the Sierra Madre within the state is slightly under 5500 ft. The See also:general See also:character of the See also:surface is mountainous, though the western and See also:south-western sides are level and dry as in the adjoining state of Coahuila. In the N. the general elevation is low, the surface sandy and covered with See also:cactus and See also:mesquite growth, and hot, semi-arid conditions prevail. The eastern slopes receive more See also:rain and are well clothed with vegetation, but the See also:lower valleys are sub-tropical in character and are largely devoted to See also:sugar See also:production. The higher elevations have a dry, temperate, healthful See also:climate. There are many See also:rivers and streams, notably the Salado, Pesqueria and Presas, but none is navigable within the state, though many furnish See also:good See also:water See also:power. See also:Agriculture is the See also:principal See also:industry,the See also:chief products being sugar, See also:barley, See also:Indian See also:corn and See also:wheat.

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Rum is a by-product of the sugar industry, and " mescal " is distilled from the See also:agave. The gathering and preparation of " ixtle " See also:fibres from the agave and See also:yucca forms another important industry, the fibre being sent to See also:Tampico for export. Stock-raising receives considerable See also:attention; there are about a See also:score of large See also:cattle ranges, and there is a considerable export of live cattle to See also:Texas and to various Mexican states. Consider-able progress has been made in manufacturing See also:industries, and there are a large number of sugar-See also:mills, See also:cotton factories, woollen mills, smelting See also:works and See also:iron and See also:steel works. The state is well served with See also:railways, the See also:capital, See also:Monterrey, being one of the most important railway centres in northern Mexico. The Mexican See also:National See also:line crosses the northern See also:half of the state and has constructed a branch from Monterrey to See also:Matamoros, and a Belgian line (F. C. de Monterrey al Golfo Mexicano) runs from Tampico N.N.W. to Monterrey, and thence westward to Trevino (formerly Venadito) in Coahuila, a station on the Mexican Inter-national. The other principal towns are: See also:Linares, or San Felipe de Linares (pop. 20,690 in 1900), 112 m. by See also:rail S.E. of the capital in a See also:rich agricultural region; Lampazos, or Lampazos de Naranjo (7704), 96 M. by rail N.W. of the capital; Cadereyta Jiminez, See also:Garcia, See also:Santiago and See also:Doctor See also:Arroyo, the last in the extreme See also:southern See also:part of the state.

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