Garcia

Garcia is a municipality inside the country of Nuevo Leon, a part of the metropolitan location of Monterrey. Garcia is a municipality whose populace grows rapidly. Approximate 4.2 human beings are included into the territory every day, given its populace growth rate of 3% according to 12 months data based at the 2005 INEGI Population and Housing Census 247, 666 human beings presently live. Known this town as Pesqueria Grande, Garcia is known as in honor of the former governor of Nuevo Leon, Joaquin Garcia.

It has a territorial extension of 853.2 km². It borders to the north with Mina, General Escobedo and Hidalgo to the south and east with Santa Catarina and to the west with the state of Coahuila. In Villa de Garcia, the Sierra del Fraile rises imposingly, framing the valley of this picturesque metropolis. The first formal settlement of this territory changed into inside the year 1583, when Captain Manuel de Mederos installed on this region the Hacienda de San Juan Bautista of the Pesqueria Grande. In 1606, Captain Manuel de Mederos companions with Diego de Huelva and Jose de Trevino to develop corn and wheat in the place, beginning with the improvement of this location.