Coahuila
Coahuila
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| Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza (Spanish) | |
| Motto: Plus Ultra (Latin) | |
| Anthem: | |
State of Coahuila within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 27°18′N 102°3′W / 27.300°N 102.050°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Capital and largest city | Saltillo |
| Largest metro | La Laguna |
| Municipalities | 38 |
| Admission | May 7, 1824 |
| Order | 16th[a] |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Manolo Jiménez Salinas |
| • Senators | Reyes Flores Hurtado Eva Eugenia Galaz Caletti Verónica Martínez García |
| • Deputies | |
| Area | |
• Total | 151,595 km2 (58,531 sq mi) |
| Ranked 3rd | |
| Highest elevation (Sierra de la Marta) | 3,710 m (12,170 ft) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,146,771 |
| • Rank | 15th |
| • Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 26th |
| Demonym | Coahuilense |
| GDP | |
| • Total | MXN 1.035 trillion (US$51.5 billion) (2022) |
| • Per capita | (US$15,699) (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 25 - 27 |
| Area code | |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-COA |
| HDI | 0.807 very high Ranked 7th of 32 |
| Website | Official Web Site |
| ^ a. Joined to the federation under the name of Coahuila y Texas; also recognized as Coahuila y Tejas. | |
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Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the third largest is Monclova (a former state capital); the fourth largest is Piedras Negras; and the fifth largest is Ciudad Acuña.
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 the 2020 Census, Coahuila had a population of 3,146,771.