Coahuila de Zaragoza

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°W / 27.300; -102.050Coordinates: 27°18′N 102°3′W / 27.300°N 102.050°W / 27.300; -102.050
Country	Mexico
Capital	Saltillo
Largest City	Saltillo
Municipalities	38
Admission	May 7, 1824
Order	16th
Government
• Governor	Ruben Moreira Valdez
• Senators	Guillermo Anaya Ernesto Saro B. Jesús María Ramón
• Deputies	Federal Deputies • Héctor Fernández • Héctor Franco López • Noé Fernando Garza • Hugo Martínez • Tereso Medina • Ignacio Moreira • Miguel Ángel Riquelme • Melchor Sánchez • Francisco Saracho • Jesús Ramírez • Tomasa Vives • Telma Guajardo • Elsa Martínez
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)
Postal code	25 - 27
Area code	Area codes • 842 • 844 • 861 • 862 • 864 • 866 • 867 • 869 • 871 • 872 • 873 • 877 • 878
ISO 3166 code	MX-COA
HDI	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.

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