San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi
| San Luis Potosí | ||
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| City and municipality | ||
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| Nickname(s): La Ciudad de los Jardínes (City of Gardens) |
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 San Luis Potosí
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| Coordinates: 22°9′4″N 100°58′34″W / 22.15111°N 100.97611°W | ||
| Country | Mexico | |
| State | San Luis Potosí | |
| Founded | November 3, 1592 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Ricardo Gallardo Juarez | |
| Area | ||
| • Municipality | 385 km2 (149 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,850 m (6,070 ft) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Municipality | 685,934 | |
| • Metro | 1,040,822 | |
| • Demonym | Potosino (a) | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | |
| Website | http://www.ayuntamientoslp.gob.mx | |
| Historic Center of San Luis Potosí Camino Real de Tierra Adentro | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
| Location | Mexico |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | II, IV, |
| Reference | 1351 |
| UNESCO region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2010 (34th Session) |
San Luis Potosí, commonly called SLP or simply San Luis, is the capital and the most populous city of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. The city lies at an elevation of 1,850 metres (6,070 feet). It has an estimated population of 735,886 in the city proper and a population of approximately 1,021,688 in its metropolitan area, formed with the neighbour city of Soledad de Graciano Sánchez and some other small townships inside the urban area, which makes the metropolitan area of Greater San Luis Potosí the eleventh largest in Mexico.
The city is in the west-central part of the state of San Luis Potosí, at 22.16°N, 100.98°W. The municipality has an area of 1,443.14 square kilometres (557.20 square miles). It is part of the macroregion of Bajío.
The city is named after Louis IX of France (also known in Mexico as San Luis Rey de Francia, Saint Louis, King of France), who is the city's patron saint. Potosí was added in reference to the fabulously rich mines of Potosí, Bolivia, discovered some forty years before the city was founded, as the exploitation of silver and gold mines in Cerro de San Pedro, near San Luis, was the main reason for the founding of the city in 1592.
Now, the city is one of the main industrial centres in central Mexico with a prolific manufacturing industry. A number of foreign industries have chosen to invest in San Luis Potosí in the last decades thanks to its strategic location for trade, as the city is located halfway between Mexico City and the United States border, as well as in the middle of the triangle formed by the three largest cities in Mexico: Mexico City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey.
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