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Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
's 31 component states
States of Mexico

The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...
. It is located in the north of the country.

To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the U.S. - Mexico border, adjacent to the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 along the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte)
Rio Grande

For the railroad often known as the Rio Grande, see Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.The Rio Grande River in the United States, known as the R?o Bravo in Mexico, is a river, long, is the fourth longest river system in the United States and serves as a natural boundary along the border between the U.S....
. Coahuila also borders the Mexican states of Nuevo León
Nuevo León

Nuevo Le?n is a States of Mexico located in northeastern Mexico. It borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east and San Luis Potos? to the south, and Coahuila to the west....
 to the east, Zacatecas
Zacatecas

Zacatecas States of Mexico of Mexico is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango, to the north by Coahuila, to the east by San Luis Potos?, to the south by Aguascalientes and Guanajuato and to the southwest by Jalisco and Nayarit....
 and San Luis Potosi
San Luis Potosí

The Mexico state of San Luis Potos? has an area of .It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, It borders Coahuila to the north, Nuevo Leon to the north-east, Tamaulipas to the east, Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo, Queretaro, and Guanajuato to the south,and Zacatecas to the north-west....
 to the south, and Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
 and Chihuahua to the west. With an area of , it is the nation's third-largest state.






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Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
's 31 component states
States of Mexico

The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...
. It is located in the north of the country.

To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the U.S. - Mexico border, adjacent to the U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
 of Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
 along the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte)
Rio Grande

For the railroad often known as the Rio Grande, see Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.The Rio Grande River in the United States, known as the R?o Bravo in Mexico, is a river, long, is the fourth longest river system in the United States and serves as a natural boundary along the border between the U.S....
. Coahuila also borders the Mexican states of Nuevo León
Nuevo León

Nuevo Le?n is a States of Mexico located in northeastern Mexico. It borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east and San Luis Potos? to the south, and Coahuila to the west....
 to the east, Zacatecas
Zacatecas

Zacatecas States of Mexico of Mexico is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango, to the north by Coahuila, to the east by San Luis Potos?, to the south by Aguascalientes and Guanajuato and to the southwest by Jalisco and Nayarit....
 and San Luis Potosi
San Luis Potosí

The Mexico state of San Luis Potos? has an area of .It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, It borders Coahuila to the north, Nuevo Leon to the north-east, Tamaulipas to the east, Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo, Queretaro, and Guanajuato to the south,and Zacatecas to the north-west....
 to the south, and Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
 and Chihuahua to the west. With an area of , it is the nation's third-largest state. It comprises 38 municipalities (municipios). In 2005, Coahuila's population was 2,495,200 inhabitants. Coahuila's population is comprised mainly of people of European ancestry, making up 74 percent of the population. The second-largest ethnic group is the Mestizo (European-Amerindian) who are 20 percent of the population, and the smallest ethnic group is the Amerindian, comprising 1 percent of Coahuila's population. The rest of the population is composed of American, Canadian, and Japanese communities.

The capital of Coahuila and its largest city is Saltillo
Saltillo

Saltillo is the capital city of the northeastern Mexico mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the Saltillo . The city is located at 400km south of the U.S....
. Coahuila also includes the cities of Torreón
Torreón

Torre?n is a city and seat of the Torre?n in the Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality....
 (the largest metropolitan area of the state but part of this metro area is in the neighboring state of Durango), Monclova
Monclova

Santiago de la Monclova, more commonly known as just Monclova in everyday speech, is a city and seat of the surrounding Monclova in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila....
 (a former state capital), Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras, Coahuila

Piedras Negras is a city and seat of the Piedras Negras in the Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the U.S.-Mexico border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas in the U.S....
, and Ciudad Acuña
Ciudad Acuña

Ciudad Acu?a, also known simply as Acu?a, is a city located in the Mexico Mexican state of Coahuila, at and a mean height above sea level of 280 meters....
.

Geography

The Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Oriental

The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico, spanning 1000 km from Coahuila south through Nuevo Le?n, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis Potos?, Quer?taro, and Hidalgo to northern Puebla, where it joins with the east-west running Eje Volc?nico Transversal of central Mexico....
 runs northwest to southeast through the state, and the higher elevations are home to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests

The Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests are a tropical and subtropical coniferous forests ecoregion of northeastern Mexico, extending into the state of Texas in the United States....
.

East of the range, the land slopes gently toward the Rio Grande, and is drained by several rivers, including the Salado
Salado River, Mexico

The Salado River ' is a river in northern Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande '. Its basin extends across the northern portion of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas states....
 and its tributary the Sabinas. The Tamaulipan mezquital
Tamaulipan mezquital

The Tamaulipan mezquital is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion of northeastern Mexico and southern Texas....
, a dry shrubland
Deserts and xeric shrublands

Desert and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by, relating to, or requiring only a small amount of moisture. Deserts and xeric shrublands receive an annual average rainfall of ten inches or less, and have an arid or hyperarid climate, characterized by a strong moisture deficit, where annual potential loss of moisture from evapotransp...
 ecoregion
Ecoregion

An ecoregion , sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecology and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or "ecozone". Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and contain characteristic, geographically distinct assemblages of natural community and species....
, occupies the western portion of the state, and extends across the Rio Grande into southern Texas.

The portion of the state west of the Sierra Madre Oriental lies on the Mexican Plateau
Mexican Plateau

The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano, is a large plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. It extends from the US-Mexico border in the north to the Cordillera Neovolc?nica in the south, and is bounded by the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental to the west and east, respectively....
, and is part of the Chihuahuan Desert
Chihuahuan Desert

The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert that straddles the U.S.-Mexico border. On the United States side it occupies the valleys and basins of central and southern New Mexico, Texas west of the Pecos River and southeastern Arizona; south of the border, it covers the northern half of the Mexico Mexican state of Chihuahua , most of Coahuila, north-e...
. The Bolsón de Mapimí
Bolsón de Mapimí

The Bols?n de Mapim? is an endorheic river basin located in the center-north of the Mexican Plateau.It is also known as the Comarca Lagunera, and is shared by the Mexican state of Durango, Coahuila, Chihuahua , and Zacatecas....
 is a large endorheic basin which covers much of the western portion of the state and extends into adjacent portions of Chihuahua, Durango, and Zacatecas. The Nazas River
Nazas River

The Nazas River is located in the North of Mexico and is shared by the States of Coahuila and Durango. It is only 560 km in length , but irrigates an area of 71,906 km? in the middle of the deserts of Coahuila and Durango states....
, which flows east from Durango, and the Aguanaval River
Aguanaval River

The Aguanaval River is a river of central Mexico. It originates in the southern Sierra Madre Occidental range of Zacatecas state, and flows generally north through Zacatecas and Durango states to empty into the Bols?n de Mapim? in Coahuila state....
, which flows north from Zacatecas, empty into lakes in the Bolsón. Torreón
Torreón

Torre?n is a city and seat of the Torre?n in the Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality....
, the most populous city in the state, lies on the Nazas in the irrigated Laguna Region, the (Comarca Lagunera), which straddles the border of Coahuila and Durango.

The state contains two biosphere reserve
Biosphere reserve

A biosphere reserve is an international conservation designation given by UNESCO under its Programme on Man and the Biosphere . The World Network of Biosphere Reserves is the collection of all 531 biosphere Nature reserve in 105 countries ....
s. Maderas del Carmen
Maderas del Carmen

Maderas del Carmen is a biosphere reserve in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila.Maderas del Carmen encompasses the Sierra del Carmen, a segment of the Sierra Madre Oriental range....
 lies on the northern border of the state, and includes sections of the Chihuahuan desert and sky island
Sky island

Sky islands are mountains in mountain ranges isolated by valleys in which other ecosystems are located. As a result, the mountain ecosystems are isolated from each other, and species can develop in parallel, as on island groups such as the Gal?pagos Islands....
s of pine-oak forest in the Sierra del Carmen. The springs, lakes, and wetlands of Cuatro Ciénegas
Cuatro Ciénegas

Cuatro Ci?negas is a city in the northern Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. It stands at , at an average elevation of 740 metres above sea level....
 lie west of Monclova on the west slope of the Sierra Madre.

The state is largely arid or semi-arid, but the rivers of the state support extensive irrigated agriculture, particularly cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
. The Parras
Parras

Parras de la Fuente is a city located in the southern part of the Mexico Political divisions of Mexico of Coahuila. At the census of 2005, the population was 44,715....
 district in the southern part of the state produces wines and brandies. The pine-oak forests
Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests

The Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests are a tropical and subtropical coniferous forests ecoregion of northeastern Mexico, extending into the state of Texas in the United States....
 of the Sierra Madre produce timber.

History

The Spanish explored the north of Mexico some decades after their victory in the capital of the Aztecs. Such exploration was delayed because the northern climate was harsher and there was no gold. The first Spanish settlement in the region now called Coahuila was at Minas de la Trinidad (now Monclova) in 1577. And Saltillo was in 1586, when it formed part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya
Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain

Nueva Vizcaya was the first province in the north of the Viceroyalty of New Spain to be explored and settled by the Spanish. It consisted mostly of the area which is today the states of Chihuahua and Durango....
 of the vice-royalty of New Spain
New Spain

The Viceroyalty of New Spain , was the political unit of Spain territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included the present-day Southwestern United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and the Philippines....
. Later it became the province of Nueva Extremadura
Nueva Extremadura

Nueva Extremadura was a region in the north of New Spain. It was named after Extremadura ....
. Francisco Cano
Francisco Cano

Francisco Cano was a conquistador who explored the north of Mexico to find gold, in the 16th century....
 was one of the earliest Europeans to explore Nueva Extremadura.

Coahuila y Tejas
Coahuila y Tejas

Coahuila y Tejas was one of the constituentState s of the newly established Mexico under its 1824 Constitution of Mexico.During its short life, it had two capitals: first Saltillo, and then Monclova ....
 ("Coahuila and Texas") was one of the constituent states of the newly independent United Mexican States under its 1824 Constitution
1824 Constitution of Mexico

The 1824 Constitution of Mexico was the first full constitution adopted by the Mexico. Enacted on October 4, 1824, following the overthrow of the short-lived Mexican Empire of Agust?n de Iturbide, the constitution stated that the new republic was to be styled the "United Mexican States" and was to be a Representative democracy federal republi...
, and included Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo Leon. Later in the same year Nuevo Leon was detached, but Texas remained a part of the state until 1835, when it seceded to form the Republic of Texas
Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas was a sovereignty nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1846.Formed as a break-away republic from Mexico by the Texas Revolution, the nation claimed borders that encompassed an area that included all of the present U.S....
. Monclova was the capital of the state from 1833 to 1835.

In 1840 Coahuila briefly became a member of the short lived Republic of the Rio Grande
Republic of the Rio Grande

The Republic of the Rio Grande existed briefly in North America between the Republic of Texas and Mexico, from January 17 to November 6 1840....
.

On February 19, 1856, Santiago Vidaurri annexed Coahuila to his state, Nuevo León
Nuevo León

Nuevo Le?n is a States of Mexico located in northeastern Mexico. It borders the states of Tamaulipas to the north and east and San Luis Potos? to the south, and Coahuila to the west....
, but it regained its separate status in 1868.

During the Mexican Revolution
Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910 with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio D?az....
, Francisco Villa attacked the city of Torreón
Torreón

Torre?n is a city and seat of the Torre?n in the Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality....
.

On April 5, 2004, the border city of Piedras Negras
Piedras Negras, Coahuila

Piedras Negras is a city and seat of the Piedras Negras in the Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the U.S.-Mexico border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas in the U.S....
 was flooded. More than 30 people died and more than 4000 lost their homes.

In 2007, Coahuila became the first state in Mexico to offer civil union
Civil union

A civil union is a legally recognized union similar to marriage. Beginning with civil unions in Denmark in 1989, civil unions under one name or another have been established by law in many developed countries in order to provide homosexuality with rights, benefits, and Moral responsibility similar to opposite-sex civil marriage....
s (Pacto Civil de Solidaridad) to same-sex couples.

Economy

About 95% of Mexico's coal reserves are found in Coahuila, which is the country's top mining state. Saltillo also has a growing automobile industry, hosting General Motors and Chrysler
Chrysler

Chrysler LLC is an American automobile manufacturer that has manufactured automobiles since 1925. From 1998 to 2007, Chrysler and its subsidiaries were part of the German based DaimlerChrysler ....
 assembly plants.

As of 2005, Coahuila’s economy represents 3.5% of Mexico’s total gross domestic product
Gross domestic product

File:GDP nominal per capita world map IMF 2008.pngThe gross domestic product or gross domestic income is one of the measures of national income and output for a given country's economy....
 or 22,874 million USD. Coahuila's economy has a strong focus on export oriented manufacturing (i.e. maquiladora
Maquiladora

A maquiladora or maquila is a factory that imports materials and equipment on a duty-free and tariff basis for assembly or manufacturing and then re-exports the assembled product, usually back to the originating country....
 / INMEX). As of 2005, 221,273 people are employed in the manufacturing sector. Foreign direct investment in Coahuila was 143.1 million USD for 2005. The average wage for an employee in Coahuila is approximately 190 pesos per day.

Municipalities

Coahuila is subdivided into five regions and 38 municipalities (municipios
Municipality

A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them....
). For a full list with municipal seats, see: municipalities of Coahuila
Municipalities of Coahuila

The Mexico Mexican state of Coahuila is divided into38 municipality .File:Mexico map, MX-COA.svg...


Major communities

  • Ciudad Acuña
    Ciudad Acuña

    Ciudad Acu?a, also known simply as Acu?a, is a city located in the Mexico Mexican state of Coahuila, at and a mean height above sea level of 280 meters....
  • Ciudad Frontera
    Ciudad Frontera

    Ciudad Frontera is a town in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila. It is in the east-central part of the state, just west of the city of Monclova....
  • Guerrero
    Guerrero, Coahuila

    Guerrero is a city and seat of the Guerrero , in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila.References...
  • Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz
  • Francisco I. Madero
  • Matamoros
    Matamoros, Coahuila

    Matamoros is a city and seat of the Matamoros located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. It lies directly east of the larger city/municipality of Torre?n, and is a part of a larger metropolitan areas of Mexico that includes the municipalities of Torre?n in Coahuila in addition to G?mez Palacio and Lerdo in the adjac...
  • Monclova
    Monclova

    Santiago de la Monclova, more commonly known as just Monclova in everyday speech, is a city and seat of the surrounding Monclova in the northern Mexico state of Coahuila....
  • Nueva Rosita
    Nueva Rosita

    Nueva Rosita is a town in the northeastern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila in northern Mexico. It lies about 11 km northwest of the city of Sabinas, Coahuila on Mexican Federal Highway 57, and serves as the municipal seat of San Juan de Sabinas municipality....
  • Parras de la Fuente
    Parras

    Parras de la Fuente is a city located in the southern part of the Mexico Political divisions of Mexico of Coahuila. At the census of 2005, the population was 44,715....
  • Piedras Negras
    Piedras Negras, Coahuila

    Piedras Negras is a city and seat of the Piedras Negras in the Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the U.S.-Mexico border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Texas in the U.S....
  • Ramos Arizpe
    Ramos Arizpe

    Ramos Arizpe is a city and seat of the Ramos Arizpe in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo....
  • Sabinas
    Sabinas, Coahuila

    Sabinas is a city and its surrounding municipalities of Mexico of the same name located in the northeastern quadrant of the state of Coahuila in Mexico....
  • Saltillo
  • San Pedro
    San Pedro, Coahuila

    San Pedro is a city located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. San Pedro lies east-northeast of the city of Torre?n and serves as the seat of the San Pedro ....
  • Torreón
    Torreón

    Torre?n is a city and seat of the Torre?n in the Mexico States of Mexico of Coahuila. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality....


List of governors

This list is incomplete
  • José María Garza Galán
    José María Garza Galán

    Jos? Mar?a Garza Gal?n was a Mexican politician. He was governor of the northern Mexican state of Coahuila during the presidency of Porfirio D?az....
     (?-1893)
  • José María Múzquiz (1894)
  • Miguel Cárdenas
    Miguel Cárdenas

    Miguel C?rdenas was a Mexican politician. He was candidate for the elections of 1894 for the post of governor of Coahuila and was supported by Bernardo Reyes....
     (1894-1909)
  • Jesús de Valle (1909-1911)
  • Venustiano Carranza
    Venustiano Carranza

    Venustiano Carranza Garza was one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He ultimately became President of Mexico following the overthrow of the dictatorial Huerta regime in the summer of 1914 and during his administration the 1917 Constitution of Mexico of Mexico was drafted....
     (1911-1913)
  • Gustavo Espinoza Mireles (1917-1920)
  • Luis Gutiérrez Ortíz (1920-1921)
  • Arnulfo González (1921-1923)
  • Carlos Garza Castro (1923-1925)
  • Manuel Pérez Treviño
    Manuel Pérez Treviño

    General Manuel P?rez Trevi?o was a Mexico politician and was an important military and political leader during and after the Mexican Revolution....
     (1925-1929)
  • Bruno Neira González (1929-1929)
  • Nazario Ortiz Garza (1929-1933)
  • Jesús Valdez Sánchez (1933-1937)
  • Pedro Rodríguez Triana (1937-1941)
  • Gabriel Cervera Riza (1941-1941)
  • Benecio López Padilla (1941-1945)
  • Ignacio Cepeda Dávila (1945-1947)
  • Ricardo Ainslie Rivera (1947-1948)
  • Paz Faz Risa (1948-1948)
  • Raúl López Sánchez (1948-1951)
  • Roman Cepeda Flores (1951-1957)
  • Raúl Madero González (1957-1963)
  • Braulio Fernández Aguirre (1963-1969)
  • Eulalio Gutiérrez Treviño (1969-1975)
  • Oscar Flores Tapia (1975-1981)
  • Francisco José Madero González (1981-1981)
  • José de las Fuentes Rodríguez (1981-1987)
  • Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto (1987-1993)
  • Rogelio Montemayor Seguy (1993-1999)
  • Enrique Martínez y Martínez
    Enrique Martínez y Martínez

    Enrique Martinez y Martinez is a Mexican politician affiliated to the Revolutionary Institutional Party. He served as governor of Coahuila from December 2, 1999 to December 1, 2005....
     (1999-2005)
  • Humberto Moreira Valdés
    Humberto Moreira Valdés

    Humberto Moreira Vald?s is the current Governor of the Mexican State of Coahuila . His parents, Rub?n Moreira and Evangelina Vald?s. Married 3 times and father of four children: Jos? Eduardo, Rub?n Humberto, Alba Elena and Joaqu?n Felipe....
     (2005–)


Notable people

  • Horacio Piña
    Horacio Piña

    Horacio Pi?a [pee'-nyah] is a former relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between and . Pi?a also played professionally in Mexico for several years....
     (MLB pitcher
    Pitcher

    In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a base on balls....
    )
  • Andrea Villarreal
    Andrea Villarreal

    Andrea Villarreal was a Mexican revolutionary, journalist and feminist. Often referred to in the press as the Mexican Joan of Arc.She gave her vocal support to the liberal-radical Partido Liberal Mexicano opposing the dictatorship of President Porfirio D?az , during the Mexican Revolution of 1910?1917....
     (1881 - 1963) feminist and revolutionary


See also

  • Nueva Extremadura
    Nueva Extremadura

    Nueva Extremadura was a region in the north of New Spain. It was named after Extremadura ....
  • Nueva Vizcaya
    Nueva Vizcaya

    Nueva Vizcaya is a Provinces of the Philippines of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley Regions of the Philippines in Luzon. Its capital is Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya....
  • Coahuila y Tejas
    Coahuila y Tejas

    Coahuila y Tejas was one of the constituentState s of the newly established Mexico under its 1824 Constitution of Mexico.During its short life, it had two capitals: first Saltillo, and then Monclova ....
  • Other Mexican States
    States of Mexico

    The Mexico are a federation made up of thirty-one "free and sovereign states". These states constitute one federated State or Union. The federal government has exclusive jurisdiction over the Mexico City, a territory which does not belong to any state but to all, as well as the islands, atolls and reefs that do not belong to any stat...


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