Pesquería is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

of the state of

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. It is located at 25º47´N 100º3´W and above sea level. It is part of the suburban area of the

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. Its distance to the

Monterrey Monterrey (, , abbreviated as MtY) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Nuevo León. It is the ninth-largest city and the second largest metropolitan area, after Greater Mexico City. Located at the foothills of th ...

city downtown area is . To the east of Pesquería is Los Ramones, to the north is Doctor González, to the west are

Apodaca Apodaca () is a city and its surrounding municipality that is part of Monterrey Metropolitan area. It lies in the northeastern part of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area. It is known for becoming recently a heavy industrialized city. As of 2019, ...

and

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, and to the south is

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, all of which are in Nuevo León. The river Pesquería flows through the region.

Demographics

The creation of a new automotive plant by KIA has led to an influx of Korean immigrants and workers to the area. Colloquially, Pesquería has even been referred to as "

Pescorea Pescorea is the name given to the immigrant community from the Korean Peninsula settled in the city of Pesquería, in the Mexican state of Nuevo León. The term is therefore an acronym for the name of this town and the peninsula. These Korean immi ...

", a

portmanteau In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.

of "Pesquería" and "Corea", the Spanish word for Korea.

Localities

Economy

The most important economic activities in the municipality of Pesqueria are cattle-breeding (about 20,000 hectares) and agriculture (about 10,000 hectares). Suitable

clay Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, ). Most pure clay minerals are white or light-coloured, but natural clays show a variety of colours from impuriti ...

deposits enabled founding of some works producing bricks and tiles of good quality for local consumption as well as for export. An automotive plant was built by the Korean KIA Motors company in 2016 for a planned production of 300,000 cars annually.

References

Municipalities of Nuevo León Korean diaspora communities {{NuevoLeón-geo-stub

Demographics

Localities

Economy

See also

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