State of Nuevo Leon

The state of Nuevo León is located in northeastern Mexico. It borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí to the south, and Coahuila to the west. To the north, Nuevo León has also a 9 miles border with the U.S. state of Texas.

• Main Cities: Monterrey (capital), Guadalupe, and Apodaca
• Population: 4,500,000
• Higher Education: Monterrey is home to two of the nation's most prestigious universities, the National Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon and the Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education). Other reputed universities include the University of Monterrey (UDEM) and the Universidad Regiomontana. The state has 44 higher education institutions offering education to more than 111, 000 undergraduate students, and more than 10 000 students at the graduate level.
• Graduates from IT Careers: 3000 per year
• IT Infrastructure: Advanced high‐bandwidth, secure communications network, government supported research and technology parks.
• IT Industry: Nuevo Leon is the home of some of the largest Mexican IT Services companies. Recently it has become one of the preferred locations for companies that offer nearshore IT services, and many large Indian IT service providers have established their delivery centers in the state.
• The IT services offered by the local companies include custom software development and deployment, IT consulting, ITO and BPO services, development of videogames and support for SAP and Oracle solutions.

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