General Escobedo

Origin of the name

The city was named after the General Mariano Escobedo.

Escobedo was known as "Topo de los Ayala" and was under Monterrey's jurisdiction in 1830, it was until 1867 that it was separated from the San Nicolas de los Garza municipality under governor Jerónimo Treviño and was thus decreed on February 24, 1868 becoming the "Villa de Gral. Escobedo".

History

The land was originally known as "Los Llanos del Topo" (Hills of the Topo). The first owner of these lands was Captain José de Treviño, who was granted the territory on April 25, 1604 by Gov. Diego de Montemayor. Although Treviño was the original owner, the city itself was established by his son José de Ayala with the "Hacienda del Topo de San Nicolas Tolentino" by the time known as "Topo de los Ayala" or "Topo Grande", not to be confused with "Topo de los Gonzalez" or "Topo Chico".

In recent years Escobedo has undergone major growth, with many urban projects like shopping malls and the expansion of the "Escobedo Industrial Park.The town was the location of Blue Diamond Trucks, a joint venture between Navistar and Ford Motor Company, until that company was dissolved in 2009.

The population in year 2005 in General Escobedo was 295,131 people, 148,835 men and 146,296 women. It was the 5th most populous city in the state, representing 7.03% of the total population.

This is due to the exponential growth on expansion on commerce, neighborhoods and Industries along the municipality, Escobedo along Apodaca N.L. are the two Municipalities with the biggest growth in recent years

Sister City

General Escobedo has one sister city.:

• USA - Pharr, Texas, USA

References

References

1. [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/admin/nuevo_leon/19021__general_escobedo/ Citypopulation.de] Population of General Escobedo municipality with localities
2. [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/mexico/metro/A31/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Monterrey metropolitan area
3. [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] {{webarchive. link. (March 28, 2007 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática)
4. [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/nuevoleon/municipios/19021a.htm "General Escobedo", Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México] {{webarchive. link. (2007-05-26)
5. "Escobedo Home Page".
6. (1 September 2001). "Blue Diamond formed".
7. "Archived copy".