Coahuila (formal name: Coahuila de
Zaragoza) is one of Mexico's 31 component states. 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 state of
Texas along the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del
Norte). 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. 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). In 2005, Coahuila's
population was 2,495,200 inhabitants. 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.
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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. 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 Tamaulipan mezquital, a dry shrubland
ecoregion, occupies the western portion of the state, and
extends across the Rio Grande into southern Texas.
The portion of the state west of the Sierra Madre Oriental lies on the Mexican Plateau, and is part of the Chihuahuan Desert. 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. The Nazas River, which flows east from Durango, and the Aguanaval River, which flows north from Zacatecas, empty into lakes in the Bolsón. 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.
The state contains two biosphere reserves. 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. The springs, lakes, and wetlands of Cuatro Ciénegas lie west of Monclova on the west slope of the Sierra Madre. The state is largely arid or semi-arid, but the rivers of the state support extensive irrigated agriculture, particularly cotton. The Parras district in the southern part of the state produces wines and brandies. The pine-oak forests of the Sierra Madre produce timber. (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coahuila for additional information.)
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Cities, Towns and Areas of Coahuila
Acuña
Ciudad Acuña
Ciudad Frontera
Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz
Francisco I. Madero
Guerrero Coahuila
Matamoros
Monclova
Nueva Rosita
Parras de la Fuente
Piedras Negras
Ramos Arizpe
Sabinas
Saltillo
San Pedro
Torreón
Ciudad Acuña
Ciudad Frontera
Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz
Francisco I. Madero
Guerrero Coahuila
Matamoros
Monclova
Nueva Rosita
Parras de la Fuente
Piedras Negras
Ramos Arizpe
Sabinas
Saltillo
San Pedro
Torreón
Ciudad Acuña
Ciudad Acuña, also known simply as
Acuña, stands on the
Rio Grande (locally known as the Río Bravo),
which at this point marks the
U.S.-Mexico border, and offers two
border crossings via
Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing and
Del Río-Ciudad Acuña International Bridge
with the
neighboring city of
Del Rio in the
state of
Texas. It serves as the municipal seat of
the surrounding Acuña municipality. In the 2005
census the city had a population of 124,232,
whereas the municipality's population was
126,238. The city is the fifth-largest community
in the state. The Del Rio-Ciudad Acuña
Metropolitan Area (DR-CA) is the seventh
bi-national metropolitan areas along the United
States-Mexican border. The city of Del Rio is
situated in the American state of Texas on the
north of the Rio Grande and Ciudad Acuña is
located in the Mexican State of Coahuila south
of the river. This metropolitan area is also
known as "Tierra de la Amistad". The
metropolitan area is made up of one county: Val
Verde in Texas and three municipalities: Lake
Amistad, Ciudad Acuña, and Laughlin Air Force
Base. As of 2008, Del Rio Metropolitan Area's
population is 48,145 people, and the Ciudad
Acuña. Metropolitan Area's population is 144,669
people.
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Ciudad Frontera
Ciudad Frontera is a town in the northern
Mexican state of Coahuila. It is in the east-central part of the
state, just west of the city of Monclova. There were 65,606
inhabitants in the city as of the 2005 census, making it the
state's sixth-largest community. The city serves as municipal
seat of its surrounding Frontera municipality, which had a
population of 70,160 and includes numerous small outlying
communities such as Ocho de Enero. The municipality is part of
the Monclova-Frontera metropolitan area.
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Ciudad Melchor
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Francisco I. Madero
Francisco I. Madero is a city located at the southwestern
part of the state near the
Durango state border, in the economic region
known as Laguna. It
is named for
Revolutionary hero
Francisco I. Madero, a native of nearby
Parras de la Fuente. It is located 200km from the state capital,
Saltillo. It covers 4,933.9 km² (1,904.99 sq
mi), which is 3.25% of the total surface area of
the state. The city, which serves as municipal
seat of the municipality, had a 2005 census
population of 30,084, while the municipality had
a total population of 51,528. Its largest other
community is the town of
Lequeitio.
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Matamoros
Matamoros is a city and its surrounding
municipality of the same name located in the southwestern part
of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. It lies directly east of the
larger city/municipality of Torreón, and is a part of a larger
metropolitan area that includes the municipalities of Torreón in
Coahuila in addition to Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in the adjacent
state of Durango. During the Texan revolution, Colonel Fannin
was going to attack Matamoros, but was ambushed, he surrendered,
was brought to Goliad, and then was one of many killed in the
massacre. The city serves as the municipal seat of the
municipality. At the 2005 census the city had a population of
48,511 inhabitants, while the municipality had a population of
99,707. The municipality has an area of 1,003.7 km² (387.53 sq
mi), which includes many small outlying communities, the largest
of which is the town of San Antonio del Coyote.
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as just Monclova in everyday speech, is a city as
well as the surrounding
municipality in the northern
Mexican state of
Coahuila. The city serves as the municipal seat of
the municipality. According to the 2005 INEGI census
there were 198,819 inhabitants in the city and 200,160
in the municipality. Its metropolitan area (Monclova,
Frontera, Castaños) had 294,191 inhabitants and has a
population density of 29.88 inhabitants per square
kilometers. Monclova is the third-largest city in
Coahuila (after
Saltillo and
Torreón).
Established in 25 July
1577, become the first Ville in the
region known as Coahuila, and later
known as State of Coahuila. During the
colonial period and the first years of
the 19th century, Monclova served as the
capital of Nueva Extremadura. It
remained the capital during the early
years of Mexico's independence.
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With the adoption of the 1824 Constitution, which created the state of Coahuila y Tejas, the capital was transferred to Saltillo. In 1828, this decision was overturned when Monclova was declared the capital of the new state; the following year, however, the state legislature continued to convene in Saltillo. On 9 March 1833, the state legislature settled the dispute in Monclova's favour, and this decision was ratified by President Antonio López de Santa Anna on 2 December 1834. However, with the enactment of the 1836 Constitutional Laws (whereby the federal republic was converted into a centralised one), the state of Coahuila y Tejas was divided into two departments – Coahuila and Tejas (or Texas, as it would later become) – and Saltillo was settled as Coahuila's capital. (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monclova for additional information.)
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Quality Inn Piedras Negras - This hotel is minutes from the ruins of
San
Bernardo Mission (Mission
de San Bernardo), the
Handicrafts Museum, the
Culture
House and the
Mercado Zaragoza market,
offering a wide variety of Mexican crafts. Other nearby attractions and
points of interest include: the
Piedras Negras International Airport -
General de Cable de Mexico Del Norte - Fujikura, Ltd. -
Motores Fasco - Findlay Industries - Alcoa (Macoelmex) - Lear
Corporation. Several shopping areas and a variety of restaurants are
located near the hotel, including the on-site
restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner and an
on-site
cocktail lounge.
Hotel
amenities and features include:
Free airport transportation
- Free
high-speed Internet access - Free weekday newspaper -
Room
service -
outdoor pool - exercise room -
a
business center - access
to fax
services - banquet and
meeting facilities. All
guest rooms are
air conditioned and have
in-room amenities like coffee makers, desks and hair dryers. Irons and
ironing boards can be requested. Handicap accessible and non-smoking
rooms are available.
Microwave and
refrigerator rentals are offered. There is a
picnic
area on the property for your enjoyment.
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Things
to See and Do
►The Santiago Apostol Parish Church,
Construction of this beautiful building,
headquarters to the area’s religious passion,
began in the second half of the eighteenth
century. Its façade consists of carved cantera
stone.
►The San Francisco de
Asis Parish Church (XVII century, St. Francis of
Assisi Church)
►Ermita de Zapopan
Church, Due to damage caused during the
revolution and to conserve original details like
its bells parts of its walls, restoration of
this sober construction from 1700 was carried
out at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
►El Polvorin (The
Powder Magazine) Museum with collections of
anthropology, biology, sociology, watercolor
art, geology, mathematics, communications,
archery, guns, Mexican sexual culture, and other
weapons.
►Pape Museum Library,
For 28 years, this cultural and recreational
center, promoted by the Pape Foundation, has
given us seasonal expositions with artistic
works of an international scale. Its permanent
exhibit chronologically illustrates the life and
work of the couple Harold and Lou Pape. It also
has an auditorium for 300 people where plays and
musical concerts are performed. Bordering the
museum is the Harold R. Pape Library. This
contemporary, recreational and interactive
concept offers, primarily children and young
people, a bibliographic heritage of more than
110,000 books complemented with modern internet
services, a newspaper library, a children’s
area, and a cultural video library.
►Meteorological Observatory, Recently
inaugurated, this observatory is the largest in
the state, and 39,459th largest in the world
with a 16-inch opening and capable of magnifying
the brightness of any star up to 3,000 times.
Controlled by a computer, it integrates a highly
sophisticated video system that projects live
images of the sun, the moon, and the planets
onto a black and white screen. This observatory
was constructed by the government to educate the
people about the difference between astronomy
and astrology.
Parks and gardens
►The Zoo Really more a type of
park, there are several dogs and some
raccoons living there. People gather to see
the animals from afar. This has caused
controversy since it is the main source of
rabies in Monclova.
►Xochipilli Park I and II, More
than 20 hectares (49 acres) intended for
relaxation and recreational activities form
this original concept from the Popes. Its
complete facilities include large sports and
cultural spaces surrounded by green areas,
lakes, rivers, fountains, and waterfalls.
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Nueva Rosita
Nueva Rosita is a town in the northeastern part of the
state of
Coahuila in northern
Mexico. It lies about 11 km northwest of the city of
Sabinas on
Federal Highway 57, and serves as the municipal seat of
San Juan de Sabinas municipality. In 1990 the town was
recorded as having a population of 36,284. The town was
initially developed in the 1930s. It remains today an important
manufacturing centre for the north of Mexico. The area is the site of a
coal
mine owned by
Grupo México. On
February 19,
2006,
an
explosion occurred in the mine, trapping more than 60 miners
underground.
(Information provided by
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Parras de la Fuente
Parras de la Fuente is a city located in the southern part
of the
Mexican
state of
Coahuila. At the census of 2005, the population was 44,715.
There are a large number of factories that produce denim,
including a
Dickies factory, and Parras is also a wine-making
place. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding
Parras
municipality, which has an area of 9,271.7 km² (3,579.8 sq
mi).
One of the main touristic attractions is the Hostal el Farol, the former house of General Raul Madero, and now a beautiful place to stay and eat. The oldest winery in the Americas is in Parras de la Fuente and was founded by Lorenzo García in the 16th century. For rest and recreation, Parras has bathing resorts; these bathing places were used to generate electric power for industry usage. Among its man-made attractions are Santo Madero Church, which is located on an extinct volcano plug just north of the town, and San Ignacio de Loyola Church, which was built in the 17th century. (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parras for additional information.)
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Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras is the name of a city as well as the name
of its surrounding
municipality in the
Mexican
state of
Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on
the
U.S.-Mexico border, across the
Río Bravo (Rio Grande) from
Eagle Pass in the
state of
Texas.
In the 2005 census the city Piedras Negras had a population of
142,011 people, which accounted for 98.6 percent of its
municipality's total population of 143,915. The municipality's
area is relatively small, but does include some outlying minor
localities not located inside the city limits. The Eagle Pass
and Piedras Negras area is connected by the
Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras International Bridge,
Camino Real International Bridge, and the
Eagle Pass Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge.
The city was founded in 1849. It was renamed Ciudad Porfirio Díaz in 1888, in homage to President Porfirio Díaz, but reverted to its original name following the Mexican Revolution. In Spanish Piedras Negras translates to "black rocks" – a reference to the coal deposits that exist in the area. Across the river, coal was formerly mined on the US side at Dolchburg, near Eagle Pass. This mine closed around 1905, after a fire. Mexico currently operates two large coal-fired power plants named "José López Portillo" and "Carbón 2" located 30 miles (48 km) south of Piedras Negras.
The climate of the region is semi-arid and Hot. During summer the temperatures often surpass 40°C. The hottest months are May through September with a daily average (mean) temperature between 79°F (26°C) and 88°F (31°C). Highest precipitation months are May, June and September with an average monthly downfall in excess of 3.1 inches (80 mm) but that is highly sporadic lending to frequent drought conditions. The period of lowest precipitation is between December through March, with a monthly average of 1.2 inches (30 mm). (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedras_Negras,_Coahuila for additional information.)Accommodations Suggestions
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Quality Inn MX City Torre Lindavista – This hotel is conveniently
located near many attractions, businesses, points of interst and things
to see and do including: Chapultepec
Park - the
Shrine of Guadalupe – Tlalnepantla –
Ecatepec – Xalostoc – Siemens – Scania - Kraft Foods -
Sherwin Williams. The
Mexico City International Airport
is less than 10 minutes and a bus station is only three minutes from the
hotel. There are several unique shops at two local malls, both within
walking distance, and a variety of restaurants and cantinas in the
surrounding area including the on-site
Cardiel's restaurant
serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Along with
expected standard amenities, this hotel offers many additional features
and services including:
room service - fitness center - business
center - a
computer with wireless Internet service - access and
copy
and fax
services - meeting rooms. All guest rooms are
air
conditioned and come equipped with coffee makers, desks,
hair dryers,
mini bars, cable
television and alarm clock radios. Some rooms feature sofa sleepers.
Non-smoking and handicap accessible rooms are offered.
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Piedras Negras' main tourist attractions are:
►The ruins of San
Bernardo Mission (XVIII century)
►The Handicrafts
Museum
►The Culture House
►The Hunting and
Fishing Club
►De La Ventana Caverns
►Mercado Zaragoza,
known simply as El Mercado ("the
Market"), a folklore peasant market where one is
able to buy a variety of original arts and
crafts from the state: vases, leatherworked
items, fine crystal, clay and ceramic wares, as
well as candy made through traditional recipes
found in the region.
►El Santuario de
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Built in 1859 of
ashlar, cement and wood, this church has
survived the battles of the Cristero movement in
1927 and an explosion in 1934, leading to its
renovation in 1935. The construction of its
current towers began in 1950.
►Plaza de las
Culturas (Cultures' Plaza), a new park
completed in 2005. The Plaza is a homage to
Mexico's three main indigenous cultures: Aztec,
Mayan, and Olmec. It features a replica of a
pyramid representative of the style of each of
the cultures, the biggest one being a replica of
the Pyramid of the Sun, located in Teotihuacan,
near Mexico City.
You can also visit the Macro Plaza which is made up by two same-sided plazas that contain sport areas, a kiosk and restaurants where you can eat food. in the independence day the ceremony uses to be there and the plaza is ornate and decorated with typical ornaments and people can put restaurants of typical food.
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Ramos Arizpe
Ramos Arizpe (IPA: [ˈramos
ˌaˈrispe]) is a city and its surrounding
municipality in the
Mexican state of
Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state
capital of
Saltillo. It is part of the Saltillo
metropolitan area. The city reported a population of 48,228
people in the 2005 census; the municipality had a population of
56,708. Its area is 5,306.6 km² (2,048.9 sq mi).
It is a major industrial center, founded in 1674, featuring many automotive industrial parks. Several major companies have large operations in Ramos Arizpe or its surroundings, such the General Motors assembly plant (Home of the Chevy C2, Saturn Vue and HHR), Chrysler Saltillo Engine Plant (Home of the 5,7Lt V8 HEMI engine) and other suppliers such as Magna, ZF Sachs and Macimex. Plan de Guadalupe International Airport serving Saltillo and Ramos Arizpe (Iata: SLW) is located there.
Major historical landmarks are Don Miguel Ramos Arizpe's house, father of Mexican federalism, the Hacienda Santa María built in 1721, where Fr. Miguel Hidalgo officiated over his last mass, and the Hacienda de Guadalupe, where the Plan de Guadalupe was signed during the Mexican Revolution in 1913. (Information provided by Wikipedia. Click on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramos_Arizpe for additional information.)
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Sabinas
Sabinas is a city and its surrounding
municipality of the same name located in the northeastern
quadrant of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. As of the 2005
census the city had a population of 47,933, while the
municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat had a
population of 53,042. The municipality has an area of 2,345.2
km² (905.49 sq mi). Its only other significant community is the
town of Cloete.
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Saltillo is the capital city of the northeastern
Mexican
state of
Coahuila and the municipal seat of the
municipality of the same name. The city is located
at 400km south of the
Texas border, and 90km west of
Monterrey. As of the 2005 census, Saltillo had a
population of 633,667 people, rising to 725,259 if the
full
Metropolitan Area is considered, making it the 20th
biggest metro area in the country. The metro area
comprises the
municipalities of Saltillo,
Ramos Arizpe, and
Arteaga. The municipality of Saltillo had a
population of 648,929. The Gross Domestic Product per
capita in the Metropolitan Zone of Saltillo is one
of the highest in Mexico with $13,936 USD. According to
the ranking of the Inversionista magazine of 2006,
Saltillo is the best city to live in Mexico, chosen from
more than 53 Mexican cities.
El
Cerro del Pueblo (The People's Hill) and its 4 metres
(13 ft) cross overlook the city. The city's elevation is
1,600 metres (5,200 ft), making it cooler and windier
than its neighbor city, Monterrey. Saltillo lies near
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Alameda Zaragoza is the largest park in the city
and has an artificial lake in the shape of the Mexican Republic.
The park is located just west of the downtown plaza. The
Colonial Center of the city is built in pink marble, giving
Saltillo's architecture a distinctive flavour. Prominent
buildings are the cathedral (built from 1745-1800), the Palacio
de Gobierno (state government building), the Ateneo Fuente and
the Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo. The large cathedral is
the est example of colonial religious architecture in
northeastern Mexico; its facade is mainly Spanish Baroque, with
less exuberant areas. The Centro Cultural Vito Alessio Robles
(Vito Alessio Cultural Center) is an 18th Century repository of
antiquities and documents from historians Vito Alessio Robles
and Oscar Davila. The repository is also a temporal museum. The
Casa Purcell (Purcell Mannor) is a Victorian style mansion built
in the 19th Century by Irish merchant William Purcell. Today it
is a cultural center. The city has two world-class museums. The
Museo de las Aves de México (Bird Museum), featuring a
collection of bird specimens from all over Mexico in realistic
displays. The Museo del Desierto (Desert Museum) focuses on the
geography, geology, paleontology (with dinosaur fossils) and
biodiversity of the Chihuahuan desert, and the history and
culture of the local people through time. It includes a cactus
greenhouse and exhibits, with dozens of species. The Mirador is
an amazing place to observe a panaromic view of the city. (Information provided by
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San Pedro
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 Coahuila
in Mexico. It lies east-northeast of the city of Torreón. The
city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality. At the
Mexican census of 2005 the city had a population of 43,447
inhabitants, while the municipality had a population of 93,377.
The municipality has a large area of 9,942.7 km² (3,838.9 sq
mi), which includes many smaller outlying communities, the
largest of which is the town of Concordia (La Rosita).
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Torreón
The city of Torreón and surrounding
municipality is a city in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of
2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the
municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros,
Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango, was
1,110,000. It is the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the
country and is one of Mexico's most important economic and
industrial centers. Torreón is served by Francisco Sarabia
International Airport, a small airport with flights to several
cities in Mexico and the United States. Torreón is becoming
rather Americanized, malls and amenities found in the United
States are beginning to grow into everyday lifestyles like their
neighbors to the North.
(Information provided by
Wikipedia. Click on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre%C3%B3n
for additional information.)
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