Llera de Canales, Tamaulipas

Also called Llera, the municipality has an area of 2,307 square kilometres (891 sq mi) and a 2010 population of 17,333.

Llera was the first Spanish settlement founded in Tamaulipas (then Nuevo Santander), although a few Spaniards already resided in the region.

The founder of Llera was Colonel Jose de Escandon, Count of Sierra Gorda.

The initial colonists consisted of eleven soldiers and 44 families commanded by Captain Jose de Escajadilla.

[3] The municipality extends from the plains to the higher elevations of the Sierra Madre Oriental west of the town of Llera.