Lampazos de Naranjo is a city and municipality located in Nuevo León, Mexico. Its name is composed of two parts: the first honors a local plant: Xanthosoma Robustum called Lampazos in Spanish. The second, using the possessive de Naranjo, derives from General Francisco Naranjo, meaning of the General Naranjo which is a customary practice in Latinamerica. According to the Mexican Statistics Authority 2000 Census, the municipality had 5,305 inhabitants.