Pesquería

For the river, see Pesquería River.

Not to be confused with Pesquera or Pesqueira.

Pesquería Municipality is a municipality of the state of Nuevo León in Mexico. It is located at 25º47´N 100º3´W and 330 metres (1,080 ft) above the sea level. It is part of the suburban area of the Monterrey Metropolitan area. Its distance to the Monterrey city downtown area is 36 kilometres (22 mi). To the east of Pesquería is Los Ramones, to the north is Doctor González, to the west is Apodaca and the General Mariano Escobedo International Airport, and to the south is Cadereyta Jiménez, all in Nuevo León.

The river Pesquería flows through the region.

Economy

The most important economic activities in the Pesqueria County are cattle-breeding (about 20,000 hectares) and agruculture (about 10,000 hectares).

Suitable clay deposits enabled founding of some works producing bricks and tiles of good quality for local consumption and export as well.

An automotive plant was bulit by the korean KIA Motors company in 2016 for a planned production of 300,000 cars yearly.