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Saltillo is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Saltillo. The municipality covers an area of 6837 km 2. As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 648,929. [1] The municipal government is headed by the municipal president of Saltillo (or mayor of Saltillo).
Abbreviations of Mexican federative entities Federative entity Conventional abbreviation 2-letter code* 3-letter code (ISO 3166-2:MX)Region Aguascalientes Ags. AG: MX-AGU: North-Central
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.
Saltillo has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh, bordering BSk). Saltillo is located in the Chihuahuan Desert but temperatures are cooler than other desert cities in Mexico because it is located at an altitude of 1,600 meters (5,250 ft). Summers are slightly hot with cool nights, and winters are sunny but cool.
Officials in Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila y Tejas, were soon besieged by foreign land speculators who wanted to claim land in Texas. [13] The state passed its own colonization law in 1825. [14] Approximately 3,420 land grant applications were submitted by immigrants and naturalized citizens, many of them Anglo-Americans. [15]
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Saltillo is an unincorporated community in Hopkins County, Texas, United States. [1] It is located sixteen miles east of Sulphur Springs at the intersection of US 67 and FM 900. Saltillo has a population of approximately 300.
Ramos Arizpe (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈramos aˈɾispe]) is a city that is part of the Saltillo metropolitan area located in the Mexican state of Coahuila.The city reported a population of 48,228 in the 2005 census; the municipality had a population of 56,708.