page_title: Coahuila
section_title: Major communities
hierarchical_section_title: Coahuila / Major communities
caption_attribution_description: English: Commemorating Monclova's industrial base. Sculpture in the main plaza, Monclova Mexico. Photo by Mark Stevens, May 2006.
context_page_description: Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico.
  Coahuila borders the Mexican states of Nuevo León to the east, Zacatecas to the south, and Durango and Chihuahua to the west. To the north, Coahuila accounts for a 512 kilometres stretch of the Mexico–United States border, adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas along the course of the Rio Grande. With an area of 151,563 square kilometres, it is the nation's third-largest state. It comprises 38 municipalities. In 2010, Coahuila's population is 2,748,391 inhabitants.
  The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón; the third largest is Monclova; the fourth largest is Ciudad Acuña; and the fifth largest is Piedras Negras.
context_section_description: Ciudad Acuña
  Ciudad Frontera
  Guerrero
  Ciudad Melchor Múzquiz
  Francisco I. Madero
  Matamoros
  Monclova
  Nueva Rosita
  Parras de la Fuente
  Piedras Negras
  Ramos Arizpe
  Sabinas
  Saltillo
  San Pedro
  Torreón
caption: Monclova
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