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The Northern Region of Coahuila has approximately 300,000 inhabitants. According to the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Data Processing (INEGI), in 2005 the population of the municipio of Piedras Negras was 143,915 inhabitants, equal to 5.77% of the population of Coahuila. 17% of the population of Piedras Negras came from other states, 3% were foreigners, and the rest were born ...
The Escondido enters the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte in Mexico) at Rio Grande river kilometer 794 kilometres (493 mi), about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) downriver from Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and Eagle Pass, Texas. [2] The Escondido originates in the Serranias del Burro mountain range and flows generally east to the Rio Grande.
Piedras Negras Municipality is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico.The municipal seat lies at Piedras Negras.The municipality covers an area of 914.2 km 2 and is located on the international border between Mexico and the USA, here formed by the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande), adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas.
Coahuila, [a] formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, [c] is one of the 32 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.
An extended period of tornado activity occurred between April 20–27, 2007. The outbreak sequence is best known for producing a deadly tornado that struck the border cities of Piedras Negras, Coahuila (rated F4), and Eagle Pass, Texas (rated EF3), along the United States-Mexican border on April 24, 2007, killing ten people.
The Eagle Pass Port of Entry on the United States–Mexico border was established around 1896. The first carriage bridge connecting Eagle Pass, Texas, with Piedras Negras, Coahuila (then known as Ciudad Porfirio Díaz) was built in April 1890, but was destroyed in a flood in September 1890. [1]
XHPSP-FM is a radio station on 106.3 FM in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. It is owned by Radiorama and carries a Regional Mexican format known as Fiesta Mexicana.
Piedras Negras may refer to: Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a city in the state of Coahuila, Mexico Piedras Negras Municipality, a municipality in Mexico, with the center in the eponymous city; Piedras Negras (Maya site), an archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, located in the present-day Petén department of Guatemala