Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza () is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, compose the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. The state is locatit in Northeastren Mexico.

Coahuila borders the Mexican states o Nuevo León tae the east, Zacatecas an San Luis Potosí tae the sooth, an Durango an Chihuahua tae the wast. Tae the north, Coahuila accoonts for a  stretch o the U.S. - Mexico border, adjacent tae the Unitit States state o Texas alang the course o the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). Wi an aurie o , it is the naition's third-lairgest state. It comprises 38 municipalities (municipios). In 2010, Coahuila's population is 2,655,187 inhabitants. 

The caipital o Coahuila is Saltillo, an its lairgest ceety is Torreón. Coahuila an aw includes the ceeties o Monclova (a umwhile state caipital), Piedras Negras, an Ciudad Acuña.

 Etymology 
Frae the Nahuatl Kuahuilan an aw Cuahuilan (Place o the Trees). The researcher Vito Alessio Robles gave the feenal translation tae the wird Coahuila.  

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 Coahuila State Govrenment
 Coahuila State Govrenment


Category:States o Mexico
Category:States an territories established in 1824