Coahuila
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Coahuila

Administration
Full nameCoahuila
Native nameEstado Libre y Soberano
de Coahuila de Zaragoza
Settlement typeState
AnthemHimno Coahuilense
CountryMexico
CapitalSaltillo
Largest CityTorreón
Municipalities38
AdmissionMay 7, 1824
Order16th 
Government
GovernorHumberto Moreira
SenatorsGuillermo Anaya
Ernesto Saro B.
Jesús María Ramón
DeputiesFederal Deputies
• Héctor Fernández
• Héctor Franco López
• Noé Fernando Garza
• Hugo Martínez
• Tereso Medina
• Ignacio Moreira
• Miguel Ángel Riquelme
• Melchor Sánchez
• Francisco Saracho
• Jesús Ramírez
• Tomasa Vives
• Telma Guajardo
• Elsa Martínez
Geography
Total Area58503.3 sq mi (151563 km2)
Highest Elevation12171.9 ft (3710 m)
Demography
Total Population2655187 (16th) (2010)
Density (pop.)auto/km2 (26th) (0/sq mi)
DemonymCoahuilense
Other information
Time zoneCST, (UTC-6) (UTC)
- Summer (DST)CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code25 - 27
Area codeArea codes
• 842
• 844
• 861
• 862
• 864
• 866
• 867
• 869
• 871
• 872
• 873
• 877
• 878
ISO 3166 codeMX-COA
HDI(+) 0.850 High Ranked 9th
GDPUS$ 21,556,311.01 mil 

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Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (-eskoaˈwila ðe saɾaˈɣosa), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza ( ) is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northeastern Mexico.

Coahuila borders the Mexican states of Nuevo León to the east, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí to the south, and Durango and Chihuahua to the west. To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the U.S. - Mexico border, adjacent to the United States state of Texas along the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). With an area of , it is the nation's third-largest state. It comprises 38 municipalities (municipios). In 2010, Coahuila's population is 2,655,187 inhabitants.

The capital of Coahuila is Saltillo, and its largest city is Torreón. Coahuila also includes the cities of Monclova (a former state capital), Piedras Negras, and Ciudad Acuña.

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ECU Silver Extends DD Vein on Level 12 of The Santa Juana Mine - PR-USA.net (press release) Tweet this news
PR-USA.net (press release)--Samples were assayed at the ERSA laboratory in Torreón, -Coahuila-, Mexico. Mr. Michel Roy, P. Geo., a "qualified person" within the meaning of NI 43-101, ... - Date : Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:15:00 GMT+00:00
ECU Silver Mining Opens Another Vein at Santa Juana Mine - Azomining Tweet this news
Azomining--Samples were assayed at the ERSA laboratory in Torreón, -Coahuila-, Mexico. Mr. Michel Roy, P. Geo., a "qualified person" within the meaning of NI 43-101, ... - Date : Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:36:49 GMT+00:00
ECU Silver Extends DD Vein on Level 12 of The Santa Juana Mine - Marketwire (press release) Tweet this news
Marketwire (press release)--Samples were assayed at the ERSA laboratory in Torreón, -Coahuila-, Mexico. Mr. Michel Roy, P. Geo., a "qualified person" within the meaning of NI 43-101, ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:53:26 GMT+00:00
Mexico: 2010 narco-violence again breaks record - World War 4 Report Tweet this news
World War 4 Report--The mayor of Temoac, in central Morelos state, was fatally shot days earlier, while authorities in the northern state of -Coahuila- found the bullet-riddled ... - Date : Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:39:44 GMT+00:00
Unlike Arizona shooting, violence against politicians rarely has Mexico mourning - Christian Science Monitor Tweet this news
Christian Science Monitor---...- mayors murdered were Luis Jimenez Mata of Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca; Abraham Ortiz of Temoac, Morelos; and Saul Vara Rivera of Zaragoza, -Coahuila-. ... - Date : Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:30:28 GMT+00:00
12 suspects, 2 soldiers die in Mexico gunbattle - The Associated Press Tweet this news
The Associated Press--And in the northern state of -Coahuila-, prosecutors said Friday that police recovered a car stolen from a local mayor when he was kidnapped and slain earlier ... - Date : Fri, 14 Jan 2011 03:56:06 GMT+00:00
Fernando Montiel-Nonito Donaire Explodes in Las Vegas - FanHouse Tweet this news
FanHouse--10, at the Gimnasio Municipal, Saltillo, -Coahuila- de Zaragoza, Mex., 31-year-old WBO and WBC champion Fernando Montiel, of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mex., ... - Date : Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:43:49 GMT+00:00
FACTBOX-Security developments in Mexico, Jan 3-Jan 9 - Reuters AlertNet Tweet this news
Reuters AlertNet--[nN08244124] ZARAGOZA - Gunmen killed the mayor of Zaragoza in the northern state of -Coahuila- on Friday, the state attorney general's office said. ... - Date : Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:59:45 GMT+00:00
PRI Picks New Leader Ahead of Mexico's 2012 Presidential Election - Latin American Herald Tribune Tweet this news
Latin American Herald Tribune--Moreira, who left the governorship of -Coahuila- state to seek the party's presidency, will work with Congresswoman Cristina Diaz, who was elected the PRI's ... - Date : Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:48:51 GMT+00:00
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Savvy Stock Picks--The Company owns mining concessions, which are located in the municipality of Sierra Mojada, -Coahuila-, Mexico (the Property). The Company conducts its ... - Date : Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:53:33 GMT+00:00

State of of Coahuila

State capital: Saltillo
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Municipalities
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Abasolo (Abasolo) * Acuña (Ciudad Acuña) * Allende (Allende) * Arteaga (Arteaga) * Candela (Candela) * Castaños (Castaños) * Cuatrociénegas (Cuatrociénegas de Carranza) * Escobedo (Escobedo) * Francisco I. Madero (Francisco I. Madero) * Frontera (Ciudad Frontera) * General Cepeda (General Cepeda) * Guerrero (Guerrero) * Hidalgo (Hidalgo) * Jiménez (Jiménez) * Juárez (Juárez) * Lamadrid (Lamadrid) * Matamoros (Matamoros de la Laguna) * Monclova (Monclova) * Morelos (Morelos) * Múzquiz (Santa Rosa de Múzquiz) * Nadadores (Nadadores) * Nava (Nava) * Ocampo (Ocampo) * Parras (Parras de la Fuente) * Piedras Negras (Piedras Negras) * Progreso (Progreso) * Ramos Arizpe (Ramos Arizpe) * Sabinas (Sabinas) * Sacramento (Sacramento) * Saltillo (Saltillo) * San Buenaventura (San Buenaventura) * San Juan de Sabinas (Nueva Rosita) * San Pedro de las Colonias (San Pedro de las Colonias) * Sierra Mojada (Sierra Mojada) * Torreón (Torreón) * Viesca (Viesca) * Villa Unión (Villa Unión) * Zaragoza (Zaragoza) |

Political divisions of Mexico

States of MexicoAguascalientes * Baja California * Baja California Sur * Campeche * Chiapas * Chihuahua * Coahuila * Colima * Durango * Guanajuato * Guerrero * Hidalgo * Jalisco * México * Michoacán * Morelos * Nayarit * Nuevo León * Oaxaca * Puebla * Querétaro * Quintana Roo * San Luis Potosí * Sinaloa * Sonora * Tabasco * Tamaulipas * Tlaxcala * Veracruz * Yucatán * Zacatecas |
Mexico City (Federal District)



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