< Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)
NEW LEON, or NUEVO LEON (nūā-vē lā-ōn), an inland State of Mexico; area, 25,032 square miles. It is mountainous but fertile, and lead, gold, silver, and salt are worked; capital Monterey, about 75,000. Fop. about 380,000.
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