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Northeastern Mexico, is a geographic region of Mexico, composed of the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. The Northeast is one of the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Mexico; with Nuevo León having the highest GDP per capita among the Mexican states, closely followed by Coahuila ranked third, and Tamaulipas ranked eighth. It also accounts for approximately 15% of Mexico's nominal gross domestic product, while its population represents only about 8.4% of the population of the whole country. The inhabitants from Northeastern Mexico are often known and referred themselves as "Norestenses" (Spanish for Northeasterns), they might be also referred as "Norteños", a term which they share with people of Northwestern Mexico applied to the inhabbitants of all over Northern Mexico.
[edit] GeographyNortheastern Mexico, contains a wide variety of landscapes, ranging from pine and oak tree forests to praire, snow covered mountains in winter to diverse types of deserts. The region, is predominally mountainous. The Sierra Madre Oriental, sometimes considered an extension of the Rocky mountains, is one of the largest mountain ranges in Mexico. It runs from Northwest of Coahuila to southeast through a great part of Nuevo León and to a lesser extent Tamaulipas. The climate is diverse, it varies from region to region, from arid and semi-arid(BS) and (BSh), subtropical (AC) and temperate (CW) and (CeW). Snowfall is common in highlands of Sierra Madre Oriental, especially in the municipalities of Arteaga, Coahuila and Santiago, Galeana and Aramberri in Nuevo León.  [edit] EconomyNortheastern Mexico plays a national leading role in some fields such as aeronautics, automotive industry, biotechnology, information and communication technologies, pharmaceutical industry, software development and steel producer. Monterrey is a major industrial and business center in Mexico, is home to transnational conglomerates such as Cemex (the world's largest cement company), FEMSA, Ternium, Alfa group (petrochemicals, food, telecommunications and auto parts), Axtel (second largest telecommunications company in Mexico), Vitro, Gruma, and Banorte (financial services). Also many international conglomerates such as LG, Samsung, HP, Microsoft, Hyundai and Lenovo have regional haedquarters and manofacturer plants in Nuevo León.[1][2] Coahuila also has strong manofacture oriented export economy, Saltillo, its capital city, has a growing automobile industry, hosting General Motors and Chrysler assembly plants, two engine facilities and a car transmissions plant.[3] 37.4% of cars and 62.6% of trucks produced in Mexico are assembled in Saltillo. Saltillo is home to the Grupo Industrial Saltillo, an important manufacturing conglomerate that makes home appliances, silverware, and auto parts. Torreon, the largest city of Coahuila, has a prominent also a iron, manofacturer and steel industry, and home to important conglomerates such as Delphi and (John Deere, Metzeler, Jhonson Controls, Takata, Caterpillar). Monclova stands out for the highest production of steel in Mexico and is seat of Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA).[4] The state of Tamaulipas, has also a maquiladora and manofacture export oriented market, also it has an important agriculture industry, it's largest city is Reynosa, closely follows by Matamoros and Nuevo Laredo, all of whom are border cities, and are economically similar.[5] Tampico, is another important city and port of Tamaulipas. Foreign direct investment in Northeastern Mexico was 1,742.4 million USD for 2005. The region is along with Northwestern Mexico, one of the fastest growing regions in Mexico. [edit] List of largest cities and metropolitan areas
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