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San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city. This article is about the state. For the city, see San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí. San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and the capital city of that state
State of San Luis Potosí
Flag of State of San Luis Potosí
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Location within Mexico
Location within Mexico
Country Flag of Mexico Mexico
Capital San Luis Potosí
Municipalities 58
Government
 - Governor Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (PAN)
 - Federal Deputies PAN: 7
 - Federal Senators Alejandro Zapata Perogordo (PAN)
Eugenio Govea Arcos (PAN)
Carlos Jiménez Macías (PRI)
Area
Ranked 15th
 - Total 63,068 km² (24,350. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and the capital city of that state Municipalities ( municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the The United Mexican States (or Mexico) is a union of 31 thirty one States and one Federal District (the Mexican Federal District, or Distrito Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga is a Mexican politician member of the PAN party, and Governor of San Luis Potosí (2003-2009 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 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 7 sq mi)
Population (2005)
 - Total 2,410,414 (Ranked 16th)
 - Demonym Potosino
Time zone CST (UTC-6)
 - Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
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Ranked 19th
ISO 3166-2 MX-SLP
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 S. L. P.
Website: San Luis Potosí state government

The Mexican state of San Luis Potosí has an area of 24,266 square miles (62,849 km²). The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, bordered by the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Zacatecas. Jalisco is a state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara. Guanajuato is the name of a state in Mexico and that state's capital city as well as a river in the area Querétaro (former formal name Querétaro Arteaga) is a state in central Mexico. Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that constitute the republic of Mexico. Tamaulipas is one of the 31 states of Mexico, it is located in the northeast Nuevo León ( Spanish for "New León " after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in northeastern Mexico. Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of Mexico 's 31 component states. 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

At the 2005 census the population was 1,410,414. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The largest University in the State is the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP). The Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí ( UASLP) is a public University in Mexico.

The native peoples of the state include the Huastecs and Pame people. This article is about the Huastec people whose native language Wastek (Huastec is a Mayan language The Pames are an indigenous people of central Mexico living in the state of San Luis Potosí.

In addition to the state capital San Luis Potosí, the state's largest cities include Ciudad Valles, Matehuala, and Rioverde. San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and the capital city of that state Rioverde is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the south-central part of the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

The state is at the center of an international ecological scandal, facing the illegal operation of Minera San Xavier, a subsidiary of Metallica Resources at the town of its foundation, Cerro de San Pedro, just 20 kilometers away from the capital of the state , with a known poisonous technique banned in first world countries, open pit mining leaching by cyanide. Minera San Xavier is the subsidiary of Canadian company Metallica Resources Inc Metallica Resources Inc ( and) is a Canadian based mineral and Gold mining company Cerro de San Pedro is a village in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. Open-pit mining, also known as opencast mining and open-cut mining and strip mining, refers to a method of extracting rock or Minerals A cyanide is any Chemical compound that contains the cyano group (C≡N which consists of a Carbon Atom triple-bonded to a

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Geography

San Luis Potosí is bounded on the north by Coahuila, on the east by Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and Veracruz, on the south by Hidalgo, Querétaro and Guanajuato, and on the west by Zacatecas.

The state lies mostly on the Mexican Plateau, with the exception of the southeastern corner of the state, where the tableland breaks down into the tropical valley of the Panuco River. The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano, is a large plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. The Pánuco River (Río Pánuco is a river in Mexico that flows from the River Moctezuma in the Valley of Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico. The surface of the plateau is comparatively level, with some low mountainous wooded ridges. The Sierra Madre Oriental runs north and south through the state, and separates the Mexican Plateau from the Gulf Coastal Plain to the east. 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 is home to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests. The Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests are a subtropical coniferous forest Ecoregion of northeastern Mexico, extending into the state of Texas The Panuco River originates on the Plateau, and flows eastward through a gap in the Sierra Madre to drain into the Gulf of Mexico. The easternmost portion of the state lies on the Gulf Coastal Plain, and covered by the Veracruz moist forests. The Veracruz moist forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest Ecoregion of Mexico.

The Panuco and its tributaries drain the southern and southeastern portion of the state. The northern and central portion of the state, including the capital, lie on an interior drainage basin which does not drain to the sea. An endorheic basin (from Greek endo ‘inside’ + rhein ‘to flow’ also terminal or closed basin) is a closed Drainage basin

The mean elevation is about 6,000 ft. , ensuring a temperate climate. The state lies partly within the arid zone of the north, while the southern half receiving a more liberal rainfall through the influence of the nortes, which deliver significant amounts of rain. The rainfall, however, is uncertain at the western and northern regions, and much of the state is poorly provided with rivers. The soil is fertile and in favorable seasons large crops of wheat, maize, beans and cotton are grown on the uplands. In the low tropical valleys, sugar, coffee, tobacco, peppers and fruit are staple products. Stockraising is an important industry and hides, tallow and wool are exported. Fine cabinet and construction woods are also exported to a limited extent.

At one time San Luis Potosi ranked among the leading mining provinces of Mexico, but the revolts following independence resulted in a great decline in that industry. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body The area around Real de Catorce has some of the richest silver mines in the country. The village of Real de Catorce (reˈal de kaˈtoɾse often shortened to Real is located 160 miles northwest of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Silver (ˈsɪlvɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol " Ag " (argentum from the Ancient Greek: ἀργήντος - argēntos gen Other well-known silver mining districts are Peñón Blanco, Ramos and Guadalcázar. Guadalcázar is a small municipal town located in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. The development of Guadalcazar dates from 1620 and its ores yield gold, copper, zinc and bismuth, as well as silver. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Copper (ˈkɒpɚ is a Chemical element with the symbol Cu (cuprum and Atomic number 29 Zinc (ˈzɪŋk from Zink is a Metallic Chemical element with the symbol Zn and Atomic number 30 Bismuth (ˈbɪzməθ is a Chemical element that has the symbol Bi and Atomic number 83 In the Ramos district, the Cocinera lode was said to have a total yield of over $60,000,000 in the first decade of the 20th Century.

Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of San Luis Potosí

The State of San Luis Potosí is divided into 58 municipalities (Spanish: municipios), each headed by a municipal president (mayor). The Mexican state of San Luis Potosí is divided into 58 municipalities ( municipios) Municipalities ( municipios in Spanish) are the second-level administrative division in Mexico (where the first-level administrative division is the A presidente municipal ( English: " municipal president " is the chief of government of Municipios in Mexico

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Governors

Main article: Governor of San Luis Potosí

The current governor is Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (2003-2009) of the PAN party (Partido Accion Nacional). Rioverde is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the south-central part of the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and the capital city of that state Soledad de Graciano Sánchez is the second-largest city of the state of San Luis Potosí in Mexico. The Governor of San Luis Potosí solely exercises the role of the Executive branch of government in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, per the Political Constitution Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga is a Mexican politician member of the PAN party, and Governor of San Luis Potosí (2003-2009

Industry

General Motors now has a plant under construction, San Luis Potosí Assembly, to employ up to 1800 and assembly up to 160,000 vehicles per year. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. San Luis Potosí Assembly is an assembly plant of General Motors in San Luis Potosí, Mexico &mdash 400 km northwest of Mexico City [1]

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