Múzquiz Municipality
Múzquiz | |
|---|---|
 Municipality o Múzquiz in Coahuila | |
  Múzquiz Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 27°52′43″N 101°31′2″W / 27.87861°N 101.51722°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipal seat | Santa Rosa de Múzquiz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8128.9 km2 (3,138.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 62,710 |
Múzquiz is a ane o the 38 municipalities o Coahuila, in north-eastren Mexico. The municipal seat lees at Santa Rosa de Múzquiz. The municipality covers an aurie o 8,128.9 km².
As o 2005, the municipality haed a total population o 62,710.[1] O these, 242 spoke an indigenous leid, primarily Kickapoo an Nahuatl.
It is namit for Melchor Múzquiz, Preses o the Republic in 1832, born in Santa Rosa in 1790.
The seat forbye, ither touns o note include the coal minin toun o Palaú (pop 16,000).
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Múzquiz". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved 8 November 2008.[deid airtin]
