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Torre髇 is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name
Torre髇 (municipality)

Torre?n is a one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Torre?n. The municipality covers an area of 1947.7 km?....
 in the Mexican
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....
 state
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...
 of Coahuila
Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of Mexico's 31 component States of Mexico. It is located in the north of the country.To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the U.S....
. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila
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...
, and G髆ez Palacio
G髆ez Palacio

G?mez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipalities of Mexico in northeastern Durango , Mexico, located at 25.57?N, 103.50?W adjacent to the border with the state of Coahuila....
 and Lerdo
Lerdo

Lerdo is a small city in the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Durango.It serves as the municipal seat for the Lerdo .It is located at co-ordinates 25.53? N, 103.53? W, bordering southeastern Coahuila....
 in adjacent 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....
, was 1,110,000. It is the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the country and is one of Mexico's most important economic and industrial centers. Torre髇 is served by Francisco Sarabia International Airport
Francisco Sarabia International Airport

Francisco Sarabia International Airport is an international airport located in Torre?n, Coahuila, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the metropolitan area of Torreon, considering G?mez Palacio and Lerdo in the state of Durango....
, a small airport with flights to several cities in 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....
 and the United States
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...
.

Geography
Torre髇 is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila, within the Laguna
Comarca Lagunera

The Comarca Lagunera is the 9th largest metropolitan area in Mexico, and is located between two states, Coahuila and Durango....
 region of the state .






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Torre髇 is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name
Torre髇 (municipality)

Torre?n is a one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Torre?n. The municipality covers an area of 1947.7 km?....
 in the Mexican
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....
 state
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...
 of Coahuila
Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of Mexico's 31 component States of Mexico. It is located in the north of the country.To the north, Coahuila accounts for a stretch of the U.S....
. As of 2005, the city's population was 548,723 with 577,477 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila
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...
, and G髆ez Palacio
G髆ez Palacio

G?mez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipalities of Mexico in northeastern Durango , Mexico, located at 25.57?N, 103.50?W adjacent to the border with the state of Coahuila....
 and Lerdo
Lerdo

Lerdo is a small city in the northeastern portion of the Mexican state of Durango.It serves as the municipal seat for the Lerdo .It is located at co-ordinates 25.53? N, 103.53? W, bordering southeastern Coahuila....
 in adjacent 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....
, was 1,110,000. It is the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the country and is one of Mexico's most important economic and industrial centers. Torre髇 is served by Francisco Sarabia International Airport
Francisco Sarabia International Airport

Francisco Sarabia International Airport is an international airport located in Torre?n, Coahuila, Mexico. It handles the national and international air traffic of the metropolitan area of Torreon, considering G?mez Palacio and Lerdo in the state of Durango....
, a small airport with flights to several cities in 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....
 and the United States
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...
.

Geography


Torre髇 is near the southwest border of the state of Coahuila, within the Laguna
Comarca Lagunera

The Comarca Lagunera is the 9th largest metropolitan area in Mexico, and is located between two states, Coahuila and Durango....
 region of the state . The border is delineated by the Nazas River that separates it from G髆ez Palacio, Durango. The municipality covers , including much of the rural area south of the city. Its elevation is over , which is low for the Mexican interior. The climate is hot and dry; summer temperatures are near ; winter temperatures drop below .

Despite its promising name of Laguna (Lagoon), the region's climate is arid
Arid

A region is said to be arid when it is characterized by a severe lack of available water, to the extent of hindering or even preventing the Individual growth and Morphogenesis of plant and animal life....
. Flora and fauna are those common to desert
D閟ert

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 habitats.

The cities of Torre髇, G髆ez Palacio, and Lerdo compose the Comarca Lagunera
Comarca Lagunera

The Comarca Lagunera is the 9th largest metropolitan area in Mexico, and is located between two states, Coahuila and Durango....
, a basin within 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...
, which has much economic activity.

The city is south of historic San Pedro de las Colonias, where some of the Mexican Revolution fighting occurred.

Education


Torre髇 and the surrounding comarca are served by several public and private universities. Some of the most recognized institutions in the area are:

  • The Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Instituto Tecnol骻ico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, ITESM)
  • The Autonomous University of Coahuila (Universidad Aut髇oma de Coahuila, or "UAdeC")
  • The Technological Institute of the "Laguna" (Instituto Tecnologico de la Laguna)
  • The Antono Narro Autonomous Agrarian University Campus Laguna (Universidad Autonoma Agraria Antonio Narro Unidad Laguna)
  • The Technological Institute of Torreon (Instituto Tecnologico de Torreon)
  • The Iberoamerican University - Torreon Campus (Universidad Iberoamericana - Campus Laguna (UIA))
  • The Autonomous University of the "Laguna" (Universidad Autonoma de la Laguna)
  • The Autonomous University of the Northeast (Universidad Autonoma del Noreste (UANE))
  • The University of the Valley of Mexico (Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM))
  • The Technological University of Torreon (Universidad Tecnologica de Torreon)

Sports


Torre髇 has a soccer
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
 team in the Primera Divisi髇 de M閤ico
Primera Divisi髇 de M閤ico

The Primera Divisi?n is the top level of Mexican football.championship and is controlled by the Federaci?n Mexicana de F?tbol Asociaci?n . It was established in 1943 and as of 2008 had 18 clubs, divided into three groups....
, Santos Laguna
Santos Laguna

Club Santos Laguna, also known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexico professional Football club. They represent la Comarca Lagunera, which is made up of Torreon, Gomez Palacio and Lerdo....
. The team are the current Champions of the Mexican Primera Division, the top soccer division in Mexico. The team won championships in 1996, 2001, and most recently in June 2008 when it beat Cruz Azul in the Clausura 2008
Primera Divisi髇 de M閤ico Clausura 2008

Primera Divisi?n de M?xico Clausura 2008 was a Mexican football tournament - the second of two tournaments held in the 2007/2008 season....
 tournament to get its third Championship in team history. Its most notable players throughout the years have been: Prolific, and world renowned head striker Jared Borgetti
Jared Borgetti

Jared Francisco Borgetti Echeverr?a is a Mexico Association football striker, who currently plays for Club Deportivo Guadalajara. Borgetti is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Mexican national football team with 46 goals....
 (all-time leading scorer for Mexico), Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Camoranesi

Mauro Germ?n Camoranesi Serra, Italian orders of merit, is an Italians FIFA World Cup-winning Association football, who plays for Serie A club Juventus as a midfielder, usually on the right wing....
 (World Champion in 2006 with Italy), Rodrigo Ruiz
Rodrigo Ruiz

Rodrigo Patricio Ruiz de Barbieri , , is a Chilean football player, who played for Union Espa?ola, Toros Neza, Santos Laguna, CD Veracruz, and now plays for the Tecos UAG of the Primera Divisi?n de M?xico....
, and prolific Mexican National team goalie Oswaldo Sanchez
Oswaldo S醤chez

Oswaldo Javier Sanchez Ibarra is a Mexico international goalkeeper currently playing for Club Santos Laguna in the Primera Divisi?n de M?xico, as their team captain ....
. The team was near a demotion to a lower league in June 2007 and now in only one year has come to the top of Mexican Soccer. The team is deemed as one of the most funnest to follow and are expected to move into a new Stadium in the near future to meet demands of the fan base. It Currently plays in Estadio Corona
Estadio Corona

The Estadio Corona is one of the smallest football stadiums in Mexico having only capacity for 20,100 seats. It is located in the city of Torre?n, Coahuila....
, and the new stadium will be called Nuevo Estadio Corona.

It also has a baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 team called Vaqueros Laguna.

Torre髇's professional basketball team, Los Algodoneros de Torreon, play in the Auditorio Municipal which seats approximately 3,000 people. They are members of the LNBP which is considered to be the top basketball league in Mexico. On October 2, 2004, in a game played against Durango, Issac Gildea set the all-time scoring record in the LNBP for a single game with 61 points.

Landmarks


Cristo de las Noas
Cristo de las Noas

El Cristo de las Noas, located on the Cerro de las Noas hill, in the Mexican city of Torre?n, Coahuila, is a sculpture by Vladimir Alvarado, who wanted to immortalize his work a with an enormous protecting Christ....
, at , is the third highest work of this type in the Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, only smaller to the statue of Christ The Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer (statue)

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue stands tall weighs 635 tonnes , and is located at the peak of the Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city....
 in Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 and Cristo de la Concordia
Cristo de la Concordia

Cristo de la Concordia is a statue of Jesus Christ located on San Pedro hill in Cochabamba, Bolivia. At just over 33 meters tall, the statue is slightly larger than Christ the Redeemer , making it the largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world....
 in Cochabamba
Cochabamba

Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the Capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the list of cities in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people....
, Bolivia
Bolivia

The Republic of Bolivia , named after Sim?n Bol?var, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west....
. Situated on the top of a hill, this image of Jesus with extended arms symbolizes the Catholic faith and the iron will of the Torreonenses. The hilltop has a Catholic church and offers a view of the entire city.

External links

  • Official website
  • Citizen website
  • Turistic website
  • Official website