Map of Mexico with Coahuila highlighted
Map of Mexico with Coahuila highlighted

Coahuila is a state in Northeast Mexico that is divided into 38 municipalities.[1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, Coahuila is the 15th most populous state with 3,146,771 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, 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 879,958 residents, while the smallest is Abasolo with 1,022 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


†  State capital

Municipalities of Coahuila
Name Municipal seat Population
(2020)[1] 		Population
(2010)[7] 		Change Land area[2] Population density
(2020) 		Incorporation date[6]
km2 sq mi
Abasolo Abasolo 1,022 1,070 −4.5% 744.40 287.41 1.4/km2 (3.5/sq mi) November 17, 1827
Acuña Ciudad Acuña 163,058 136,755 +19.2% 11,478.22 4,431.77 14.2/km2 (36.8/sq mi) February 12, 1890
Allende Allende 23,056 22,675 +1.7% 252.01 97.30 91.5/km2 (237.0/sq mi) February 3, 1826
Arteaga Arteaga 29,578 22,544 +31.2% 1,638.66 632.69 18.1/km2 (46.7/sq mi) December 31, 1866
Candela Candela 1,643 1,808 −9.1% 2,122.52 819.51 0.8/km2 (2.0/sq mi) October 4, 1857
Castaños Castaños 29,128 25,892 +12.5% 3,349.05 1,293.08 8.7/km2 (22.5/sq mi) February 6, 1877
Cuatrociénegas Cuatrociénegas de Carranza 12,715 13,013 −2.3% 10,691.19 4,127.89 1.2/km2 (3.1/sq mi) June 11, 1800
Escobedo[a] Escobedo 3,047 2,901 +5.0% 1,026.61 396.38 3.0/km2 (7.7/sq mi) December 2, 1905
Francisco I. Madero Francisco I. Madero 59,035 55,676 +6.0% 2,815.25 1,086.97 21.0/km2 (54.3/sq mi) December 2, 1936
Frontera Ciudad Frontera 82,409 75,215 +9.6% 458.25 176.93 179.8/km2 (465.8/sq mi) December 14, 1927
General Cepeda[b] General Cepeda 11,898 11,682 +1.8% 2,646.14 1,021.68 4.5/km2 (11.6/sq mi) September 25, 1866
Guerrero[c] Guerrero 1,643 2,091 −21.4% 2,931.13 1,131.72 0.6/km2 (1.5/sq mi) March 11, 1827
Hidalgo Hidalgo 1,735 1,852 −6.3% 1,131.55 436.90 1.5/km2 (4.0/sq mi) August 2, 1886
Jiménez Jiménez 9,502 9,935 −4.4% 2,203.86 850.92 4.3/km2 (11.2/sq mi) February 13, 1875
Juárez Juárez 1,584 1,599 −0.9% 2,462.03 950.60 0.6/km2 (1.7/sq mi) December 5, 1874
Lamadrid Lamadrid 1,764 1,835 −3.9% 674.50 260.43 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi) May 13, 1912
Matamoros Matamoros de la Laguna 118,337 107,160 +10.4% 807.63 311.83 146.5/km2 (379.5/sq mi) August 6, 1869
Monclova Monclova 237,951 216,206 +10.1% 1,253.69 484.05 189.8/km2 (491.6/sq mi) August 12, 1689
Morelos Morelos 7,928 8,207 −3.4% 640.09 247.14 12.4/km2 (32.1/sq mi) February 3, 1826
Múzquiz Santa Rosa de Múzquiz 71,627 66,834 +7.2% 8,300.45 3,204.82 8.6/km2 (22.3/sq mi) January 31, 1850
Nadadores Nadadores 6,539 6,335 +3.2% 717.77 277.13 9.1/km2 (23.6/sq mi) June 21, 1828
Nava Nava 33,129 27,928 +18.6% 909.23 351.05 36.4/km2 (94.4/sq mi) June 13, 1827
Ocampo Ocampo 9,642 10,991 −12.3% 26,064.30 10,063.48 0.4/km2 (1.0/sq mi) July 3, 1890
Parras Parras de la Fuente 44,472 45,401 −2.0% 10,641.79 4,108.82 4.2/km2 (10.8/sq mi) December 12, 1824
Piedras Negras Piedras Negras 176,327 152,806 +15.4% 475.08 183.43 371.2/km2 (961.3/sq mi) October 4, 1857
Progreso Progreso 3,239 3,473 −6.7% 2,891.22 1,116.31 1.1/km2 (2.9/sq mi) November 11, 1860
Ramos Arizpe Ramos Arizpe 122,243 75,461 +62.0% 6,767.36 2,612.89 18.1/km2 (46.8/sq mi) May 13, 1850
Sabinas Sabinas 64,811 60,847 +6.5% 1,979.31 764.21 32.7/km2 (84.8/sq mi) January 22, 1906
Sacramento Sacramento 2,471 2,314 +6.8% 289.86 111.92 8.5/km2 (22.1/sq mi) May 9, 1862
Saltillo† Saltillo 879,958 725,123 +21.4% 5,631.26 2,174.24 156.3/km2 (404.7/sq mi) March 11, 1827
San Buenaventura San Buenaventura 24,759 22,149 +11.8% 6,453.08 2,491.55 3.8/km2 (9.9/sq mi) October 4, 1857
San Juan de Sabinas Nueva Rosita 42,260 41,649 +1.5% 803.63 310.28 52.6/km2 (136.2/sq mi) August 6, 1869
San Pedro de las Colonias San Pedro de las Colonias 101,041 102,650 −1.6% 7,157.36 2,763.47 14.1/km2 (36.6/sq mi) February 24, 1871
Sierra Mojada Sierra Mojada 6,744 6,375 +5.8% 7,934.60 3,063.56 0.8/km2 (2.2/sq mi) September 29, 1879
Torreón Torreón 720,848 639,629 +12.7% 1,285.40 496.29 560.8/km2 (1,452.5/sq mi) February 25, 1893
Viesca Viesca 20,305 21,319 −4.8% 4,410.76 1,703.01 4.6/km2 (11.9/sq mi) September 21, 1830
Villa Unión Villa Unión 6,188 6,289 −1.6% 1,857.32 717.12 3.3/km2 (8.6/sq mi) December 28, 1927
Zaragoza[d] Zaragoza 13,135 12,702 +3.4% 7,949.58 3,069.35 1.7/km2 (4.3/sq mi) November 15, 1824
Coahuila — 3,146,771 2,748,391 +14.5% 151,846.16 58,628.13 20.7/km2 (53.7/sq mi) —
Mexico[12] — 119,938,473 112,336,538 +6.8% 1,972,550 761,606 60.8/km2 (157.5/sq mi) —

Notes

  1. ^ Name was changed from Abasolo Nuevo in 1918.[8]
  2. ^ The Congress of Coahuila changed the municipality's name from Villa de Patos on December 29, 1892.[9]
  3. ^ Guerrero was originally incorporated as Río Grande, changing its name on March 18, 1834.[10]
  4. ^ 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.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020 - SCITEL" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  2. ^ a b c "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.
  5. ^ a b International Business Publications (2009). Mexico Company Laws and Regulations Handbook. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-4330-7030-3. ((cite book)): |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ a b Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 89–97. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza". H. Ayuntamiento de Escobedo. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  9. ^ Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. p. 113. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
  10. ^ Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. p. 114. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
  11. ^ Estado de Coahuila. División Territorial de 1810 a 1995 (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico: INEGI. 1996. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-970-13-1491-3.
  12. ^ "Población" (in Spanish). INEGI. Retrieved January 20, 2018.

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