Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 Martyrs of Christ the King Cathedral [1] (also Piedras Negras Cathedral; Spanish: Catedral Mártires de Cristo Rey) [2] is a Catholic church that serves as the cathedral of the city of Piedras Negras to the northeast of the state of Coahuila in Mexico, [3] near the border with the Texan city of Eagle Pass.
Piedras Negras is the modern name for an ancient, ruined city of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization located on the north bank of the Usumacinta River in the Petén department of northwestern Guatemala. The Mayan name for the city was Yo'k'ib' ([ˈjoʔkʼib]) or Yokib'. Piedras Negras was one of the most powerful of the Usumacinta ancient Maya ...
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.
Parras de la Fuente (pronounced [ˈparas ðe la ˈfwente] ⓘ) is a city located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila. The city serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Parras Municipality , which has an area of 9,271.7 km 2 (3,579.8 sq mi).
From 2014 until its bankruptcy in 2023, Aeromar offered flights between Piedras Negras and Mexico City. [2] In 2023, the regional airline Aerus began operations with a route to Monterrey. [ citation needed ] Since 2013, the airport has been operated by the Administradora Coahuilense de Infraestructura y Transporte Aéreo , a company that ...
The Diocese of Piedras Negras (Latin: Dioecesis Saxanigrensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Mexico. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Monterrey. The diocese was erected on 8 January 2003.
It is named for Revolutionary hero Francisco I. Madero, a native of nearby Parras de la Fuente. The city is located 200 km (120 mi) from the state capital, Saltillo . It had a 2005 census population of 30,084, while its surrounding municipality had a total population of 51,528.