Coahuila

Coahuila
Nacika (Lipan Apache)
Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza
Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza (Spanish)
Coat of arms of Coahuila
Motto: 
Plus Ultra (Latin)
Anthem:

State Anthem of Coahuila
(Español: Himno Coahuilense)
State of Coahuila within Mexico
State of Coahuila within Mexico
Coordinates: 27°18′N 102°3′W / 27.300°N 102.050°W / 27.300; -102.050
CountryMexico
CapitalSaltillo
Largest CitySaltillo
Municipalities38
AdmissionMay 7, 1824[1]
Order16th[a]
Government
 • Governor Manolo Jiménez Salinas
 • Senators Reyes Flores Hurtado
Eva Eugenia Galaz Caletti
Verónica Martínez García
 • Deputies[2]
Area
 • Total151,595 km2 (58,531 sq mi)
 Ranked 3rd
Highest elevation3,710 m (12,170 ft)
Population
 (2020)[5]
 • Total3,146,771
 • Rank15th
 • Density21/km2 (54/sq mi)
  • Rank26th
DemonymCoahuilense
GDP
 • TotalMXN 1.035 trillion
(US$51.5 billion) (2022)
 • Per capita(US$15,699) (2022)
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code
25 - 27
Area code
ISO 3166 codeMX-COA
HDIIncrease 0.799 High Ranked 7th of 32
WebsiteOfficial Web Site
^ 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 (Latin American Spanish: [koaˈwila ðe saɾaˈɣosa] ; Lipan: Nacika),[7] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.

Coahuila borders the Mexican states of Nuevo León to the east, Zacatecas 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 2020, Coahuila's population is 3,146,771 inhabitants.

The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón (largest metropolitan area in Coahuila and 9th largest in Mexico); the third largest is Monclova (a former state capital); the fourth largest is Piedras Negras; and the fifth largest is Ciudad Acuña.

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  2. ^ "Listado de Diputadas y Diputados alfabético". Cámara de Diputados del Congreso de la Unión (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2013.
  4. ^ "Relieve". Cuentame INEGI. Archived from the original on December 13, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  5. ^ "México en cifras". January 2016.
  6. ^ Citibanamex (June 13, 2023). "Indicadores Regionales de Actividad Económica 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 13, 2023.
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