Coahuila Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
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Anthem: Himno Coahuilense | |
![]() State o Coahuila athin Mexico | |
Coordinates: 27°18′08″N 102°02′41″W / 27.30222°N 102.04472°W | |
Kintra | Mexico |
Caipital | Saltillo |
Lairgest Ceety | Torreon |
Municipalities | 38 |
Admission | 7 Mey 1824[1] |
Order | 16t[a] |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Ruben Moreira Valdez ![]() |
• Senators[2] | Guillermo Anaya ![]() Ernesto Saro B. ![]() Jesús María Ramón ![]() |
• Deputies[3] | Federal Deputies
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Area | |
• Total | 151563 km2 (58,519 sq mi) |
Ranked 3rd | |
Highest elevation | 3710 m (12,170 ft) |
Population (2010)[6] | |
• Total | 2,748,391 |
• Rank | 16t |
• Density | 18/km2 (47/sq mi) |
• Density rank | 26t |
Demonym(s) | Coahuilense |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Postal code | 25 - 27 |
Aurie code | Aurie codes
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ISO 3166 code | MX-COA |
HDI | ![]() |
GDP | US$ 21,556,311.01 mil[b] |
Website | Official Website |
^ a. Joined tae the federation unner the name o Coahuila y Texas an aw recognized as Coahuila y Tejas. ^ b. The state's GDP was 275,920,781 million o pesos in 2008,[7] amoont correspondin tae 21,556,311.01 millon of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value o 3 Juin 2010).[8] |
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (Spaingie pronunciation: [koaˈwila ðe saɾaˈɣosa]), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Coahuila de Zaragoza) is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, compose the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. The state is locatit in Northeastren Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states o Nuevo León tae the east, Zacatecas an San Luis Potosí tae the sooth, an Durango an Chihuahua tae the wast. Tae the north, Coahuila accoonts for a 512 kilometre (318 mi) stretch o the U.S. - Mexico border, adjacent tae the Unitit States state o Texas alang the course o the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). Wi an aurie o 151,563 square kilometre (58,519 sq mi), it is the naition's third-lairgest state. It comprises 38 municipalities (municipios). In 2010, Coahuila's population is 2,655,187 inhabitants.
The caipital o Coahuila is Saltillo, an its lairgest ceety is Torreón. Coahuila an aw includes the ceeties o Monclova (a umwhile state caipital), Piedras Negras, an Ciudad Acuña.
Frae the Nahuatl Kuahuilan an aw Cuahuilan (Place o the Trees). The researcher Vito Alessio Robles gave the feenal translation tae the wird Coahuila.
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