Piedras Negras, Coahuila

**Piedras Negras** (), is a city and capital of the municipality of the same name in the state of Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, it is located in the most northeastern part of the state and has a metropolitan population of 245,155 inhabitants and borders with the texan city of Eagle Pass and is connected to it through three international bridges.

## History

It was founded by 34 men who would settle on the western side of the Rio Grande on June 15, 1850 as Nueva Villa de Herrera, due to the establishment of Fort Duncan on the US side. in 1880 coal reserves would be discovered and then a railway would be built between 1881 and 83 and on December 1, 1888 it would be elevated to the rank of city and would be renamed Ciudad Porfirio Díaz although after the fall of Díaz in 1911 it would be renamed to his name original.

It would suffer a flood on April 26, 2004 where 31 people would die, and on April 24, 2007 it would be affected by an F4 Tornado where three people would die while seven people would die in Eagle Pass, and between June 14 and 15, 2013, 10,000 houses would flooded due to the rise of the river, where there would only be one fatality.

## Events

On October 21 of each year, International Nacho Day is celebrated where a three-day Nacho Fest is celebrated in the United States and Mexico since the 90s where in 1940 Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya García invented the nacho at the Victory Club restaurant In this city.

The Annual Bike Fest is also celebrated where for three consecutive days there are concerts, food sales, acrobatic shows, etc. where it ends with a raffle for a new motorcycle.

## Natural resources

This region generates a large amount of the national production of coal, one of the most economically important non-metallic minerals in the state.

## Sister cities

- Sandy, Utah, United States
- Monterrey, Mexico

## Other websites

- Municipio de Piedras Negras  Official website]
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Asociacion de Agentes Aduanales de Piedras Negras

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Piedras Negras, Coahuila
- **nickname**: The Safe Border!
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Santuario de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Piedras Negras, Coahuila- Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe sanctuary (22760886300).jpg
- **image caption**: Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- **image seal**: Escudo Piedras Negras.jpg
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Mexico
- **subdivision type1**: States of Mexico, State
- **subdivision name1**: Coahuila
- **subdivision type2**: Municipalities of Guerrero, Municipality
- **subdivision name2**: Piedras Negras Municipality, Piedras Negras
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Claudio Mario Bres (Partido Morena)
- **established title**: Established
- **established date**: June 15, 1850
- **area total km2**: 914.2
- **population as of**: 2015
- **population total**: 163595
- **population metro**: 245155
- **timezone**: Time in Mexico, Central Central Standard Time Zone, (US Central)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: Central
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **elevation m**: 223
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 26000
- **area code**: 878
- **blank name**: Airport
- **blank info**: Piedras Negras International Airport, Piedras Negras Int. Airport
- **website**: [http://www.piedrasnegras.gob.mx/ Official website]