Editing Monterrey (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:ISS-35_Night_image_of_Monterrey,_Mexico.jpg|thumb|[[Monterrey metropolitan area]] at night from [[ISS]]]]
According to the national [[INEGI]] population census of 2010, of the total population of the state of [[Nuevo León]], 87.3% lived in the Monterrey metropolitan area.<ref name="INEGI-CEM-pop">{{cite web |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/cem06/info/nln/m039/c19039_03.xls |title=Sistema para la Consulta del CEM Monterrey, Nuevo León, Edición 2006 – Población (Spanish) |publisher=[[INEGI]] |access-date=July 1, 2009 |year=2006 |format=[[Microsoft Excel file format|XLS]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019192111/http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/cem06/info/nln/m039/c19039_03.xls |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Farnham, Thomas J 1863">1746, Farnham, Thomas J. Mexico: Its Geography, its people and its institutions. New York, 1846; Mexico: The Country, History and People. London, 1863.</ref><ref name="Durán, Rafael 1862">1862 a/ – Durán, Rafael. "Memorias sobre el censo de la República", en Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística. México, 1862.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">1900 a 1940 – Censos Generales de Población.</ref><ref name="INEGI 1995">1995 – INEGI. Conteo de Población y Vivienda, 1995.</ref>

The [[Monterrey metropolitan area]] is the [[List of metropolitan areas of Mexico|second most populous]] in Mexico, with more than 5 million inhabitants. It comprises the municipalities of Monterrey, [[Apodaca]], [[General Escobedo|Escobedo]], [[García, Nuevo León|García]], [[Guadalupe, Nuevo León|Guadalupe]], Santiago, [[Juárez, Nuevo León|Juárez]], [[San Nicolás de los Garza]], [[San Pedro Garza García]], [[Santa Catarina, Nuevo León|Santa Catarina]] and [[Salinas Victoria]].<ref name="INEGI-metro">{{cite web |url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/metodologias/otras/zonas_met.pdf |title=Delimitación de las zonas metropolitanas de México |access-date=April 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501065908/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/metodologias/otras/zonas_met.pdf |archive-date=May 1, 2011 }}</ref>

===Education===
[[File:Panorama_ITESM.jpg|thumb|[[Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education]]]]
Monterrey has an estimated 3.7% [[Literacy|illiteracy]] rate. In 2005, of an estimated 983,359 inhabitants above 6 years of age, 36,689 were illiterate.<ref name="INEGI-CEM-edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/cem06/info/nln/m039/c19039_06.xls |title=Sistema para la Consulta del CEM Monterrey, Nuevo León, Edición 2006 – Educación, Cultura y Deporte (Spanish) |publisher=[[INEGI]] |access-date=July 2, 2009 |format=XLS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019135532/http://www.inegi.org.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/cem06/info/nln/m039/c19039_06.xls |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2005, the city had 72 public libraries, with 298,207 books available, serving an estimated 478,047 readers.<ref name="INEGI-CEM-edu" />

The [[Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León]] (Autonomous University of Nuevo León, UANL) is the third-largest Mexican university and is ranked by the Reader's Digest-AC Nielsen Survey 2005 as the top public university in northeast Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uanl.mx/international/ingles |title=Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León - Conoce la UANL |access-date=March 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904134526/http://www.uanl.mx/international/ingles |archive-date=September 4, 2009 }}</ref> Its main campus, Ciudad Universitaria (University City), covers approximately {{convert|67630000|m2|acre|-3}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uanl.mx/acerca/ubicacion |title=Acerca de - Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León - Acerca de |access-date=March 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426231752/http://www.uanl.mx/acerca/ubicacion |archive-date=April 26, 2009 }}</ref> The UANL system comprises 26 colleges (faculties), 22 graduate divisions, 29 high schools, 1 center of bilingual education and 3 technical high schools. Its medical school is considered one of the most advanced in Latin America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medicina.uanl.mx/ |title=Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León. Facultad de Medicina |publisher=Medicina.uanl.mx |date=March 30, 2011 |access-date=April 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327174159/http://www.medicina.uanl.mx/ |archive-date=March 27, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Monterrey is also the headquarters of the [[Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey]] (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cegs.itesm.mx/pi/teaching/life/education.html |title=Life in Monterrey – Education |publisher=cegs.itesm.mx |access-date=June 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040226035040/http://www.cegs.itesm.mx/pi/teaching/life/education.html |archive-date=February 26, 2004 }}</ref> which ranked No. 291 at the 2013 QS World University Rankings in Engineering and Information Technology, No. 201 in Social Sciences and No. 279 overall.<ref>{{cite web |year=2013 |title=QS World University Rankings 2013 |url=http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/tecnologico-de-monterrey-itesm/wur |access-date=November 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626122019/http://www.topuniversities.com/institution/tecnologico-de-monterrey-itesm/wur |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It also holds a "QS Stars Rated for Excellence" of 5 stars.

The [[Universidad Regiomontana]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ur.mx/ |title=Bienvenidos al Portal de la Universidad Regiomontana |publisher=Ur.mx |date=November 13, 2012 |access-date=November 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902025208/http://www.ur.mx/ |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was founded in 1969 with the support of local leading multinational corporations such as Cemex,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cemex.com/ |title=CEMEX - Building a better future |access-date=August 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815043246/http://www.cemex.com/ |archive-date=August 15, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Alfa,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alfa.com.mx |title=ALFA |website=www.alfa.com.mx |access-date=June 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702042948/http://www.alfa.com.mx/ |archive-date=July 2, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Femsa,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.femsa.com |title=FEMSA - |last=Contentful |website=www.femsa.com |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517061033/http://www.femsa.com/ |archive-date=May 17, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gamesa,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesa.com.mx |title=Gamesa México |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624183727/https://www.gamesa.com.mx/ |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Protexa<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.protexa.com.mx |title=Grupo Protexa |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321190647/https://www.protexa.com.mx/ |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and CYDSA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cydsa.com |title=CYDSA |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629185610/https://www.cydsa.com/ |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a private educational institution offering university-preparatory school, undergraduate and graduate programs, having agreements with more than 350 universities across the globe (such as the recent expanded agreement<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.tamus.edu/2006/01/01/tamiu-expands-agreement-with-mexico-universidad-regiomontana/ |website=tamus.edu |access-date=June 23, 2017 |title=TAMIU expands agreement with Mexico's Universidad Regiomontana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222045527/http://news.tamus.edu/2006/01/01/tamiu-expands-agreement-with-mexico-universidad-regiomontana/ |archive-date=February 22, 2014 }}</ref> with Texas A&M International University).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tamiu.edu |title=Texas A&M International University |first=Rory |last=King |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713043259/https://www.tamiu.edu/ |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is member of GATE (Global Alliance for Transnational Education) and FIMPES (Federación de Instituciones Mexicanas Particulares de Educación Superior) and its administration holds an ISO 9001 Certification. The university is nationally recognized, so its degree equivalency is comparable to that of a regionally accredited university in the United States. The university is dedicated to educating students in an atmosphere of freedom and humanism, and providing students hands-on experience in their field of study. Its urban campus<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban Campus Map |url=http://ww3.ur.mx/portals/0/2013/NewEventos/croquis_2013.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221232224/http://ww3.ur.mx/portals/0/2013/NewEventos/croquis_2013.jpg |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=August 19, 2013 }}</ref> further stimulates the city's vibrant economy and attracts working professionals who complement and enrich the academic experience.

The [[Universidad de Monterrey]] was founded by the religious congregations of the Sisters of Immaculate Mary of Guadalupe, the nuns of the Sacred Heart and the Marist and La Salle brothers, all of them supported by an association of Catholic citizens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.udem.edu.mx/XStatic/udem/template/msdetallenota.aspx?ms=english&st=2064&sTema=History&ssTema=UDEM%20founders |title=UDEM – About UDEM |publisher=udem.edu.mx |access-date=June 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928034905/http://www.udem.edu.mx/XStatic/udem/template/msdetallenota.aspx?ms=english&st=2064&sTema=History&ssTema=UDEM%20founders |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Health===
[[File:CIDICS1.jpg|thumb|Center for Research and Development in Health Sciences building of the [[Autonomous University of Nuevo León]]]]

Monterrey generally has a very highly ranked medical infrastructure with some internationally acclaimed hospitals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solutionsabroad.com/en/living/living-category/staying-healthy-in-mexico.html |title=Mexico Staying Healthy in Mexico |publisher=solutionsabroad.com |access-date=July 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025122403/http://www.solutionsabroad.com/en/living/living-category/staying-healthy-in-mexico.html |archive-date=October 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
including three with [[Joint Commission]] accreditation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=69&issue=4 |title=All About Monterrey, Mexico |publisher=medicaltourismmag.com |access-date=July 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013115555/http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=69&issue=4 |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The Joint Commission is a private healthcare accreditation group. There are both public and private hospitals. The [[Mexican Social Security Institute|Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS)]] has two major regional hospitals in the city, the Specialties Regional Hospital # 33, the cardiac centre (Hospital #34), and the Gynecology and Obstetrics Regional Hospital, serving also the northeastern states of [[Coahuila]] and [[Tamaulipas]]. Several smaller IMSS hospitals can be found such as the Traumatology and Orthopedics Hospital and the General Hospital # 25. State government owns the Metropolitan Hospital, located in the suburb of [[San Nicolás de los Garza]] and the Hospital of the Children and Mother Care in [[Guadalupe, Nuevo León|Guadalupe]] suburb.

The [[UANL|Autonomous University of Nuevo León]] runs the public University Hospital, with a high-level shock-trauma unit and a specialized clinic for child cancer treatment. It is recognized as the best public hospital in the northeast of Mexico and the UANL School of Medicine as one of the best in the country. On the other hand, the [[ITESM|Tecnológico de Monterrey]] runs the Hospital [[San José-Tec de Monterrey]] private hospital.

Monterrey has healthcare standards above the average for Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=90&issue=4 |title=MONTERREY HEALTHCARE CITY ~ TALENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO TREAT YOU |publisher=medicaltourismmag.com |access-date=July 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013115151/http://www.medicaltourismmag.com/issue-detail.php?item=90&issue=4 |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It has several hospitals, including Hospital Cima (formerly Santa Engracia) of the International Hospital Corporation. Its convenient location, low prices and quality of medical care have made of Monterrey a very popular [[medical tourism]] destination for United States patients.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-hospitals_28int.ART0.State.Edition2.424104e.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506173732/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/mexico/stories/DN-hospitals_28int.ART0.State.Edition2.424104e.html |archive-date=May 6, 2008 |title=Good care, low prices lure patients to Mexico &#124; Dallas Morning News &#124; News for Dallas, Texas &#124; Mexico News |publisher=Dallasnews.com |date=July 28, 2007 |access-date=July 14, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Spotlight-Stories-OCA-Hospital-Monterrey-Mexico/ |title=JCI Spotlight Stories: OCA Hospital, Monterrey, Mexico – Joint Commission International |publisher=jointcommissioninternational.org |access-date=July 18, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318031616/http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Spotlight-Stories-OCA-Hospital-Monterrey-Mexico/ |archive-date=March 18, 2009}}</ref>