Municipalities of Coahuila

Map of Mexico with Coahuila highlighted

Coahuila is a state in Northeast Mexico that is divided into 38 municipalities.^[1] According to the 2015 Mexican Intercensal Survey, Coahuila is the 16th most populous state with 7006295491500000000♠2,954,915 inhabitants and the third largest by land area spanning 151,846.16 square kilometres (58,628.13 sq mi).^[1][2]

Municipalities in Coahuila are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.^[3] Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).^[4] Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, supervision of slaughterhouses and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.^[5] They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.^[5]

The largest municipality by population is the state capital Saltillo, with 807,537 residents, while the smallest is Abasolo with 1,015 residents.^[1] The largest municipality by land area in Coahuila and the third largest in Mexico is Ocampo, which spans 26,064.30 km² (10,063.48 sq mi), and the smallest is Allende which spans 252.01 km² (97.30 sq mi).^[2] The first municipality to incorporate was Monclova on August 12, 1689 and the newest municipality is Francisco I. Madero, which incorporated December 2, 1936.^[6]

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Coahuila by population


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State capital

Name	Municipal seat	Population (2015)[1][7]	Population (2010)[8]	Change	Land area[2]		Population density (2015)	Incorporation date[6]
					km2	sq mi
Abasolo	Abasolo	1,015	1,070	−5.1%	744.40	287.41	1.3641.4/km2 (3.5313.5/sq mi)	November 17, 1827
Acuña	Ciudad Acuña	147,809	136,755	+8.1%	11,478.22	4,431.77	12.87712.9/km2 (33.35233.4/sq mi)	February 12, 1890
Allende	Allende	22,654	22,675	−0.1%	252.01	97.30	89.89289.9/km2 (232.820232.8/sq mi)	February 3, 1826
Arteaga	Arteaga	23,271	22,544	+3.2%	1,638.66	632.69	14.20114.2/km2 (36.78136.8/sq mi)	December 31, 1866
Candela	Candela	1,720	1,808	−4.9%	2,122.52	819.51	0.8100.8/km2 (2.0992.1/sq mi)	October 4, 1857
Castaños	Castaños	28,068	25,892	+8.4%	3,349.05	1,293.08	8.3818.4/km2 (21.70621.7/sq mi)	February 6, 1877
Cuatrociénegas	Cuatrociénegas de Carranza	13,546	13,013	+4.1%	10,691.19	4,127.89	1.2671.3/km2 (3.2823.3/sq mi)	June 11, 1800
Escobedo[a]	Escobedo	3,077	2,901	+6.1%	1,026.61	396.38	2.9973.0/km2 (7.7637.8/sq mi)	December 2, 1905
Francisco I. Madero	Francisco I. Madero	58,360	55,676	+4.8%	2,815.25	1,086.97	20.73020.7/km2 (53.69053.7/sq mi)	December 2, 1936
Frontera	Ciudad Frontera	80,991	75,215	+7.7%	458.25	176.93	176.741176.7/km2 (457.757457.8/sq mi)	December 14, 1927
General Cepeda[b]	General Cepeda	12,471	11,682	+6.8%	2,646.14	1,021.68	4.7134.7/km2 (12.20612.2/sq mi)	September 25, 1866
Guerrero[c]	Guerrero	1,697	2,091	−18.8%	2,931.13	1,131.72	0.5790.6/km2 (1.4991.5/sq mi)	March 11, 1827
Hidalgo	Hidalgo	1,565	1,852	−15.5%	1,131.55	436.90	1.3831.4/km2 (3.5823.6/sq mi)	August 2, 1886
Jiménez	Jiménez	10,243	9,935	+3.1%	2,203.86	850.92	4.6484.6/km2 (12.03812.0/sq mi)	February 13, 1875
Juárez	Juárez	1,574	1,599	−1.6%	2,462.03	950.60	0.6390.6/km2 (1.6561.7/sq mi)	December 5, 1874
Lamadrid	Lamadrid	1,773	1,835	−3.4%	674.50	260.43	2.6292.6/km2 (6.8086.8/sq mi)	May 13, 1912
Matamoros	Matamoros de la Laguna	108,950	107,160	+1.7%	807.63	311.83	134.901134.9/km2 (349.392349.4/sq mi)	August 6, 1869
Monclova	Monclova	231,107	216,206	+6.9%	1,253.69	484.05	184.341184.3/km2 (477.442477.4/sq mi)	August 12, 1689
Morelos	Morelos	8,599	8,207	+4.8%	640.09	247.14	13.43413.4/km2 (34.79434.8/sq mi)	February 3, 1826
Múzquiz	Santa Rosa de Múzquiz	69,102	66,834	+3.4%	8,300.45	3,204.82	8.3258.3/km2 (21.56221.6/sq mi)	January 31, 1850
Nadadores	Nadadores	6,614	6,335	+4.4%	717.77	277.13	9.2159.2/km2 (23.86623.9/sq mi)	June 21, 1828
Nava	Nava	30,698	27,928	+9.9%	909.23	351.05	33.76333.8/km2 (87.44587.4/sq mi)	June 13, 1827
Ocampo	Ocampo	11,671	10,991	+6.2%	26,064.30	10,063.48	0.4480.4/km2 (1.1601.2/sq mi)	July 3, 1890
Parras	Parras de la Fuente	44,799	45,401	−1.3%	10,641.79	4,108.82	4.2104.2/km2 (10.90310.9/sq mi)	December 12, 1824
Piedras Negras	Piedras Negras	163,595	152,806	+7.1%	475.08	183.43	344.351344.4/km2 (891.865891.9/sq mi)	October 4, 1857
Progreso	Progreso	3,304	3,473	−4.9%	2,891.22	1,116.31	1.1431.1/km2 (2.9603.0/sq mi)	November 11, 1860
Ramos Arizpe	Ramos Arizpe	92,828	75,461	+23.0%	6,767.36	2,612.89	13.71713.7/km2 (35.52735.5/sq mi)	May 13, 1850
Sabinas	Sabinas	63,522	60,847	+4.4%	1,979.31	764.21	32.09332.1/km2 (83.12183.1/sq mi)	January 22, 1906
Sacramento	Sacramento	2,360	2,314	+2.0%	289.86	111.92	8.1428.1/km2 (21.08721.1/sq mi)	May 9, 1862
Saltillo	Saltillo	807,537	725,123	+11.4%	5,631.26	2,174.24	143.403143.4/km2 (371.411371.4/sq mi)	March 11, 1827
San Buenaventura	San Buenaventura	23,587	22,149	+6.5%	6,453.08	2,491.55	3.6553.7/km2 (9.4679.5/sq mi)	October 4, 1857
San Juan de Sabinas	Nueva Rosita	43,232	41,649	+3.8%	803.63	310.28	53.79653.8/km2 (139.331139.3/sq mi)	August 6, 1869
San Pedro de las Colonias	San Pedro de las Colonias	106,142	102,650	+3.4%	7,157.36	2,763.47	14.83014.8/km2 (38.40938.4/sq mi)	February 24, 1871
Sierra Mojada	Sierra Mojada	6,988	6,375	+9.6%	7,934.60	3,063.56	0.8810.9/km2 (2.2812.3/sq mi)	September 29, 1879
Torreón	Torreón	679,288	639,629	+6.2%	1,285.40	496.29	528.466528.5/km2 (1,368.7191,368.7/sq mi)	February 25, 1893
Viesca	Viesca	21,549	21,319	+1.1%	4,410.76	1,703.01	4.8864.9/km2 (12.65412.7/sq mi)	September 21, 1830
Villa Unión	Villa Unión	6,352	6,289	+1.0%	1,857.32	717.12	3.4203.4/km2 (8.8588.9/sq mi)	December 28, 1927
Zaragoza[d]	Zaragoza	13,257	12,702	+4.4%	7,949.58	3,069.35	1.6681.7/km2 (4.3194.3/sq mi)	November 15, 1824
Coahuila	—	2,954,915	2,748,391	+7.5%	7005151846160000000♠151,846.16	7011151846160000000♠58,628.13	19.46019.5/km2 (50.40150.4/sq mi)	—
Mexico[13]	—	119,938,473	112,336,538	+6.8%	7006197255000000000♠1,972,550	7012197255000000000♠761,606	60.80460.8/km2 (157.481157.5/sq mi)	—

Notes

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   ^ In 1918 the name was changed from Abasólo Nuevo.^[9]
   


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   ^ The Congress of Coahuila changed the municipality's name from Villa de Patos on December 29, 1892.^[10]
   


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   ^ Guerrero was originally incorporated as Rio Grande, changing its name on March 18, 1834.^[11]
   


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   ^ On August 7, 1827, the name of the town was changed from San Fernando to Villa de Rosas, and then to Rosas on October 4, 1857, and finally to Zaragoza on February 27, 1868.^[12]
   

References

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   ^ ^abc
   "Unidad de Microrregiones Cédulas de Información Municipal (SCIM)" (in Spanish). Secretaría de Desarrollo Social. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
   


3. 
   ^ "Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos". Article 115,  of 1917 (in Spanish). Retrieved September 27, 2017.
   


4. 
   ^ OECD (November 12, 2004). New Forms of Governance for Economic Development. OECD Publishing. p. 121. ISBN 978-9264015326.
   


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   ^ ^ab International Business Publications (2009). Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4330-7030-3.
   


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   ^ ^ab Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 89–97. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
   


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   ^ "Tabulados de la Encuesta Intercensal 2015" (xls) (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
   


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   ^ "Localidades y su población por municipio según tamaño de localidad" (PDF) (in Spanish). INEGI. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
   


9. 
   ^ "Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza". H. Ayuntamiento de Escobedo. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
   


10. 
    ^ Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. p. 113. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
    


11. 
    ^ Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. p. 114. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
    


12. 
    ^ Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
    


13. 
    ^ "Población" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
    

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