Coahuila

State

Estado Libre y Soberano
de Coahuila de Zaragoza

Flag

Seal

Anthem:

State Anthem of Coahuila
(Español: Himno Coahuilense)

State of Coahuila within Mexico

Coordinates: 27°18′N 102°3′W / 27.300°N 102.050°WCoordinates: 27°18′N 102°3′W / 27.300°N 102.050°W

May 7, 1824

Government

• Governor

Ruben Moreira Valdez

• Senators

Guillermo Anaya

Ernesto Saro B.

Jesús María Ramón

• Deputies

Federal Deputies

Area

• Total

151,595 km² (58,531 sq mi)

Ranked 3rd

Highest elevation

3,710 m (12,170 ft)

Population (2015)

• Total

2,954,915

• Rank

15th

• Density

19/km² (50/sq mi)

• Density rank

26th

Demonym(s)

Coahuilense

Time zone

CST (UTC−6)

• Summer (DST)

CDT (UTC−5)

25 - 27

MX-COA

0.776 High Ranked 5th of 32

GDP

US$ 21,556.31 mil

Website

Official Web Site

^ a. Joined to the federation under the name of Coahuila y Texas also recognized as Coahuila y Tejas.

^ b. The state's GDP was 275,920,781 thousand of pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to 21,556,311.01 thousand of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).

^ a. Joined to the federation under the name of Coahuila y Texas also recognized as Coahuila y Tejas.

Coahuila (Spanish pronunciation: [koaˈwila]), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (IPA: [koaˈwila ðe saɾaˈɣosa]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is located in Northeastern Mexico on the US border.

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 512 kilometres (318 mi) stretch of the Mexico–United States border, adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas along the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). With an area of 151,563 square kilometres (58,519 sq mi), it is the nation's third-largest state. It comprises 38 municipalities (municipios). In 2010, Coahuila's population is 2,748,391 inhabitants.

The five largest cities in Coahuila are the state capital city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón, third largest is Monclova (a former state capital), fourth largest is Ciudad Acuña, and fifth largest is Piedras Negras.

...
Wikipedia