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State of Coahuila
Flag of State of Coahuila
Flag		 Coat of arms of State of Coahuila
Coat of arms
Location within Mexico
Location within Mexico
Country Flag of Mexico Mexico
Capital Saltillo
Municipalities 38
Largest City Saltillo
Government
 - Governor Humberto Moreira Valdés (PRI)
 - Federal Deputies PAN: 5
PRI: 2
 - Federal Senators PAN: 2
PRI: 1
Area
Ranked 3rd
 - Total 149,982 km² (57,908. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Municipalities ( municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the The major metropolitan areas of Mexico, as reported in the 2005 census Incorporated places over 100 The United Mexican States (or Mexico) is a union of 31 thirty one States and one Federal District (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Humberto Moreira Valdes (born on July 28th 1966 is a teacher who became a controversial politician in the mexican state of Coahuila The Chamber of Deputies (in Spanish: Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, Mexico 's bicameral The National Action Party ( Spanish Partido Acción Nacional) known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian democratic The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican Political party that wielded The Senate ( Spanish: Cámara de Senadores or Senado) is the upper house of Mexico 's Bicameral Congress. The National Action Party ( Spanish Partido Acción Nacional) known by the acronym PAN, is a conservative and Christian democratic The Institutional Revolutionary Party ( Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican Political party that wielded Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. The following table presents a listing of Mexico 's 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state ranked in order of their surface area Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 - Total 2,495,200 (Ranked 17th)
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
HDI (2004) 0. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The following table is a list of the 31 federal states and the Federal District of Mexico, ranked in order of their total population based on data from the 2000 and The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Daylight saving time ( DST The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during The Human Development Index ( HDI) is an index combining normalized measures of Life expectancy, Literacy, Educational attainment, and GDP 8284 - high
Ranked 3rd
ISO 3166-2 MX-COA
Postal abbr. The following table presents a listing of Mexico 's 31 federal states (and its Federal District, officially not a state ranked in order of their Human Development ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO Coah.
Website: Coahuila State Government

Coahuila (formal name: Coahuila de Zaragoza) is one of Mexico's 31 component states. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. It is located in the north of the country.

To the north, Coahuila accounts for a 512 kilometers (318 mi) stretch of the U. S. - Mexico border, adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas along the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Coahuila also borders the Mexican states of Nuevo León to the east, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas to the south, and Durango and Chihuahua to the west. Nuevo León ( Spanish for "New León " after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in northeastern Mexico. San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. It is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango Durango (duˈɾaŋgo is one of the constituent States of Mexico. With an area of 151,571 square kilometers (58,521. 9 sq mi), it is the nation's third-largest state. It comprises 38 municipalities (municipios). Municipalities ( municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the In 2005, Coahuila's population was 2,495,200 inhabitants. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Coahuila's population is comprised mainly of people of European ancestry, making up 74 per cent of the population. The second-largest ethnic group is the Mestizo (European-Amerindian) who are 20 per cent of the population, and the smallest ethnic group is the Amerindian, comprising 1 per cent of Coahuila's population. The rest of the population is composed of American, Canadian, and Japanese communities.

The capital of Coahuila and its largest city is Saltillo. Coahuila also includes the cities of Torreón (the largest metropolitan area of the state but part of this metro area is in the neighboring state of Durango), Monclova (a former state capital), Piedras Negras, and Ciudad Acuña. Geography Torreón is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila within the Laguna region of the state ( Santiago de la Monclova, more commonly known as just Monclova in everyday speech is a city as well as the surrounding municipality Piedras Negras is the name of a city as well as the name of its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of

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Geography

The Sierra Madre Oriental runs northwest to southeast through the state, and the higher elevations are home to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests. The Sierra Madre Oriental is a Mountain range in northeastern Mexico, spanning 1000 km from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest The Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests are a subtropical coniferous forest Ecoregion of northeastern Mexico, extending into the state of Texas

East of the range, the land slopes gently toward the Rio Grande, and is drained by several rivers, including the Salado and its tributary the Sabinas. The Salado River (Río Salado is a river in northern Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo. The Tamaulipan mezquital, a dry shrubland ecoregion, occupies the western portion of the state, and extends across the Rio Grande into southern Texas. The Tamaulipan mezquital is a xeric shrubland Ecoregion of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. An ecoregion ( ecological region) sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or "

The portion of the state west of the Sierra Madre Oriental lies on the Mexican Plateau, and is part of the Chihuahuan Desert. The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano, is a large plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. The Chihuahuan Desert is a Desert that straddles the US-Mexico border. The Bolsón de Mapimí is a large endorheic basin which covers much of the western portion of the state and extends into adjacent portions of Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas. Bolsón de Mapimí is an Endorheic river basin located in the center-north of the Mexican Plateau. An endorheic basin (from Greek endo ‘inside’ + rhein ‘to flow’ also terminal or closed basin) is a closed Drainage basin The Nazas River, which flows east from Durango, and the Aguanaval River, which flows north from Zacatecas, empty into lakes in the Bolsón. The Nazas River is located in the North of Mexico and is shared by the States of Coahuila and Durango. The Aguanaval River is a river of central Mexico. It originates in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental range of Zacatecas state and flows generally north Torreón, the most populous city in the state, lies on the Nazas in the irrigated Laguna Region, the (Comarca Lagunera), which straddles the border of Coahuila and Durango. Geography Torreón is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila within the Laguna region of the state ( Geography The Comarca Lagunera is formed by 15 Municipios 5 in Coahuila ( Torreón, Matamoros, San Pedro, Francisco I

The state contains two biosphere reserves. A biosphere reserve is an international Conservation designation given by UNESCO under its Programme on Maderas del Carmen lies on the northern border of the state, and includes sections of the Chihuahuan desert and sky islands of pine-oak forest in the Sierra del Carmen. Maderas del Carmen is a Biosphere reserve in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. For the fantasy novel by L Frank Baum, see Sky Island (novel. The springs, lakes, and wetlands of Cuatro Ciénegas lie west of Monclova on the west slope of the Sierra Madre. Cuatro Ciénegas is a city and municipality in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.

The state is largely arid or semi-arid, but the rivers of the state support extensive irrigated agriculture, particularly cotton. Cotton is a soft staple Fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant ( Gossypium sp The Parras district in the southern part of the state produces wines and brandies. The pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre produce timber. The Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests are a subtropical coniferous forest Ecoregion of northeastern Mexico, extending into the state of Texas

History

The Spanish explored the north of Mexico some decades after their victory in the capital of the Aztecs. Such exploration was delayed because the northern climate was harsher and there was no gold. The first Spanish settlement in the region now called Coahuila was at Minas de la Trinidad (now Monclova) in 1577. And Saltillo was in 1586, when it formed part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya of the vice-royalty of New Spain. Nueva Vizcaya was the first province in the north of the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( Mexico) to be explored and settled by the Spanish The Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España was a name given to the Viceroy -ruled territories of the Spanish Empire in North America, Later it became the province of Nueva Extremadura. Nueva Extremadura was a region in the north of New Spain. It was named after Extremadura ( Spain) Francisco Cano was one of the earliest Europeans to explore Nueva Extremadura. Francisco Cano was a Conquistador who explored the north of Mexico to find Gold, in the 16th century

Coahuila y Tejas ("Coahuila and Texas") was one of the constituent states of the newly independent United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution, and included Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon. Coahuila y Tejas (or Coahuila and Texas) was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution The 1824 Constitution of Mexico was the first full Constitution adopted by the Mexican Republic. Later in the same year Nuevo Leon was detached, but Texas remained a part of the state until 1835, when it seceded to form the Republic of Texas. The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to Monclova was the capital of the state from 1833 to 1835.

In 1840 Coahuila briefly became a member of the short lived Republic of the Rio Grande. The Republic of the Rio Grande existed briefly in North America between the Republic of Texas and Mexico, from January 17 to November

On February 19, 1856, Santiago Vidaurri annexed Coahuila to his state, Nuevo León, but it regained its separate status in 1868. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Nuevo León ( Spanish for "New León " after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in northeastern Mexico.

During the Mexican Revolution, Francisco Villa attacked the city of Torreón. The Mexican Revolution (Revolución Mexicana was a major armed struggle that started with an uprising led by Francisco I Doroteo Arango Arámbula ( June 5 1878 &ndash July 20 1923) better known as Francisco or " Pancho " Villa Geography Torreón is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila within the Laguna region of the state (

On April 5, 2004, the border city of Piedras Negras was flooded. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Piedras Negras is the name of a city as well as the name of its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of More than 30 people died and more than 4000 lost their homes.

In 2007, Coahuila became the first state in Mexico to offer civil unions (Pacto Civil de Solidaridad) to same-sex couples. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A civil union is a legally recognized union similar to Marriage. [1]

See also: Gay rights in Mexico#Legal same-sex unions
See also: Recognition of gay unions in Mexico

Economy

About 95% of Mexico's coal reserves are found in Coahuila, which is the country's top mining state. LGBT rights in Mexico have expanded in recent years in keeping with worldwide legal trends Saltillo also has a growing automobile industry, hosting General Motors and Chrysler assembly plants. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925

As of 2005, Coahuila’s economy represents 3. 5% of of Mexico’s total gross domestic product or 22,874 million USD[2]. Coahuila's economy has a strong focus on export oriented manufacturing (i. e. maquiladora / INMEX). A maquiladora or maquila is a Factory that imports materials and equipment on a Duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly or manufacturing As of 2005, 221,273 people are employed in the manufacturing sector[3]. Foreign direct investment in Coahuila was 143. 1 million USD for 2005. The average wage for an employee in Coahuila is approximately 190 pesos per day[4].

Municipalities

Coahuila is subdivided into five regions and 38 municipalities (municipios). A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or For a full list with municipal seats, see: municipalities of Coahuila

Major communities

Arteaga mountain range.
Arteaga mountain range. The Mexican state of Coahuila is divided into 38 municipalities ( municipios. Arteaga (ahr-tee-AH-gah is a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila.

List of governors

This list is incomplete

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.gay.com/news/article.html?2007/01/12/1 "Mexican state moves to allow same-sex unions", Advocate News, Gay. Ciudad Frontera is a town in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Francisco I Madero is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Matamoros is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. Santiago de la Monclova, more commonly known as just Monclova in everyday speech is a city as well as the surrounding municipality Nueva Rosita is a town in the northeastern part of the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico. Piedras Negras is the name of a city as well as the name of its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Ramos Arizpe (ˈramos ˌaˈrispe is a city and its surrounding municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Sabinas is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the northeastern quadrant of the state of Coahuila San Pedro also known as San Pedro de las Colonias is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the southwestern part of the state of Geography Torreón is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila within the Laguna region of the state ( José María Garza Galán was a Mexican politician He was governor of the northern state of Coahuila during the presidency of Porfirio Díaz Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Miguel Cárdenas was a Mexican politician He was candidate for the elections of 1894 for the post of governor of Coahuila and was supported by Bernardo Reyes. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. General Manuel Pérez Treviño ( June 5 1890 - April 29 1945) was a Mexican Politician and was an important military and Enrique Martinez y Martinez (b November 10, 1948 in Saltillo) is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Revolutionary Institutional Humberto Moreira Valdes (born on July 28th 1966 is a teacher who became a controversial politician in the mexican state of Coahuila Horacio (García Piña (born March 12, 1945 in Matamoros Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico) is a former Relief pitcher who played in In Baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the Pitcher's mound toward the Catcher to begin each play with the goal of Andrea Villarreal ( 1881 – 1963) was a Mexican revolutionary journalist and feminist Nueva Extremadura was a region in the north of New Spain. It was named after Extremadura ( Spain) Coahuila y Tejas (or Coahuila and Texas) was one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution com, January 11, 2007
  2. ^ (2007) Industrial Costs in Mexico - A Guide for Foreign Investors 2007. Mexico City: Bancomext, 90.  
  3. ^ (2007) Industrial Costs in Mexico - A Guide for Foreign Investors 2007. Mexico City: Bancomext, 92.  
  4. ^ Coahuila Regional Investment Guide. UnderstandMexico. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia.

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