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Coahuila y Tejas

Coahuila y Tejas
Native NameCoahuila y Texas
Conventional Long NameEstado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila y Texas
Common NameCoahuila y Texas
SubdivisionState
NationMexico
Government TypeFederated State
Title LeaderGovernor
Leader1Governors
• Rafael Gonzales
1824 - 1826
• Victor Blanco
1826 - 1827
• José María Viesca
1827 - 1830
• Ramón Músquiz
1830 - 1831
• Juan Martin
1831 - 1833
• Juan José de Vidaurri
1833 - 1834
• Juan José Elguézabal
1834 - 1835
• José María Cantú
1835
• Agustín Viesca
1835
• Marciél Borrego
1835
• Ramón Músquiz
1835
LegislatureUnicameral Congress
House1Congreso del Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila y Texas
CapitalSaltillo Monclova (March 9, 1833)
Latd|latm=|latNS=|longd=|longm=|longEW=
TodayUnited States
Mexico
Year Start1824
Year End1835
Date StartMay 7, 1824
Date EndDecember 15, 1835
Event1Texas Revolution
Date Event1October 2, 1835
Event PreMexican Independence
Date PreSeptember 27, 1821
Image FlagFlag of Mexico (1823-1864, 1867-1893).svg
Image Map CaptionState of Coahuila y Texas within Mexico
P1First Mexican Empire
Flag P1Bandera de Iturbide.png
S1Republic of Texas
Flag S1Flag_of_Texas.svg
S2Coahuila
Flag S2Flag of Coahuila.svg
Stat Year11824 
Stat Area1800000
Stat Year21828
Stat Pop270955

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Coahuila y Tejas (Coahuila and Texas) was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution.

It had two capitals: first Saltillo, and then Monclova. For administrative purposes, the state was divided into three districts: Béxar, comprising the area covered by Texas, Monclova, comprising northern Coahuila, and Río Grande Saltillo, comprising southern Coahuila.

The state remained in existence until the adoption of the 1835 "Constitutional Bases", whereby the federal republic was converted into a unitary one, and the nation's states, (estados), were turned into departments (departamentos). The State of Coahuila y Texas was split in two and became the Department of Coahuila and the Department of Texas. The latter eventually seceded and became the independent Republic of Texas, which is now the state of Texas within the United States of America.

Both Coahuila and Texas seceded from Mexico because of Santa Anna's attempts to centralize the government, with Texas forming the Republic of Texas and Coahuila joining with Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to form the short-lived Republic of the Rio Grande.


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