San Pedro, Coahuila
San Pedro (formally: San Pedro de las Colonias) is a ceey locatit in the soothwastren pairt o the state o Coahuila in Mexico. San Pedro lees east-northeast o the ceety o Torreón an sers as the heid of the surroondin municipality of the same name.
San Pedro | |
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Municipal seat | |
  San Pedro Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°45′35″N 102°58′54″W / 25.75972°N 102.98167°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipality | San Pedro |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 43,447 |
In the 2005 INEGI Census the ceety haed a population o 43,447 indwellers, while the municipality haed a population o 93,377. The municipality haes a muckle aurie o 9,942.7 km² (3,838.9 sq mi), whilk includes mony smawer ootlyin commonties, the mucklest o whilk is the toun o Concordia (La Rosita).
History
eeditThrou the French intervention, the launds haed belangit primarily tae Doña Luisa Ibarra de Zuloaga, wha wis closely associate wi Empress Carlota. Efter the restoration o the republic, the launds, notably the ranches “La Chona” an “El Hormiguero” wis seisit bi the govrenment an placit unner the control o Don Jerónimo Treviño, hero o the 1866 Battle o Santa Isabel. Mustered oot Republican sodgers settled on the laund haein been gien grants bi the govrenor o Coahuila.
References
eedit- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Coahuila Archived 2007-02-03 at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
Freemit airtins
eedit- Ayuntamiento de San Pedro Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid
- Portal de Internet de San Pedro Offeecial wabsteid