Coahuila

One of the largest states in Mexico, Coahuila has beautiful deserts and forests, distinguished by the progressive attitude of its people. Formed by six main regions, Coahuila offers peculiar tourist attractions where history, culture and nature come together for the enjoyment and surprise of its visitors, such regions are: Carboniferous, Center, Desert, Laguna, North and Southeast. CUATRO CIENEGAS Meaning "Four Swamps" and guarded by the six highest peaks found along the state's topography, the valley of Cuatro Cienagas represents a live testimony of the history of Mexican topography. The desert landscape brings about two contradictions: first, it hosts no less than 500 bodies of water, including 200 pools or wells, and the r ... Read more >>
Coahuila History


Unlike the pre-Hispanic cultures which developed throughout Mesoamerica, as the Maya or the Aztec, the indige ...
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Coahuila Culture


The harsh climatic conditions typical of the Coahuila's land have shaped the hardworking and persevering chara ...
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Coahuila Travel


Those wells, which have given the region an international renown are Poza Azul and Poza de La Tortuga. The fir...
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Coahuila Map

Coahuila Map

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Coahuila Economy

Coahuila happens to be one of the states in Mexico with the highest standards regarding industrialization, whi ...
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Coahuila Geography

Located in the central part of the northern Mexican territories, the state of Coahuila shares its borders with ...
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Coahuila Politics

Coahuila has a strategic geographic location with a transportation infrastructure with great potential for its ...
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Coahuila Government

Professor Humberto Moreira Valdez, constitutional governor of the State of Coahuila for 2005-2011, was born in ...
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Coahuila Demography

The last population census run across Mexico in the year 2005, reports Coahuila de Zaragoza as having roughly ...
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Articles for Coahuila

Sarapes of Saltillo
The fusion of Indigenous textile techniques with Spanish designs in Asian silk and Arab wool. Read More>>


Cuatro Ciénegas Coahuila
A valley that serves as a natural laboratory, it allows studying early evolution and prompts the suspicion that its salt types and water Read More>>


Archaeological Sites in Campeche; Tabasqueño and El Tigre
TABASQUEÑO; It is a site you shouldn’t miss for many reasons, gathering many conditions including the architecture that makes it Read More>>


Vineyards in Mexico
Do you want to go on vacation to a place where you can find parties, food, dance, wine and vineyards? Let me tell you about certain places Read More>>


Mexico’s Bicentennial Celebration
Mexico is getting ready for an extraordinary celebration in honor of its 200th anniversary of its Independence and 100th anniversary of its Revolution. Everything designed to commemorate these two great dates is linked to the ideal of renewing Mexico’s identity and historic continuity. Read More>>


Victoriano Huerta
José Victoriano Huerta Márquez was born in the Agua Gorda Ranch of Ocotlán, Jalisco, on December 22, 1850; he was the son of Huichol Indians. Read More>>


Pancho Villa
Pancho Villa, an icon of the Mexican Revolution, was born in 1878. Baptized as Doroteo Arango, he suffered a peasant’s life and witnessed how the rich landowners amassed great fortunes by exploiting workers. Read More>>


María Izquierdo, Mexican Art
One of the most important painters of Mexican art during the 20th century, María Izquierdo was a distinguished member of the Read More>>


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