Sacramento | |
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Coordinates: 27°0′13″N 101°43′29″W / 27.00361°N 101.72472°W | |
Kintra | Mexico |
State | Coahuila |
Municipality | Sacramento |
Foondit | 1842 |
Toun status | 1862 |
Sacramento is a ceety in the northren Mexican state o Coahuila. The ceety serves as the admeenistrative centre for the surroondin municipality of the same name.
Sacramento is locatit at 27°00′13″N 101°43′29″W / 27.00361°N 101.72472°W in the state's central region (Región Centro), some 250 km north o state caipital Saltillo, an some 50 km north-wast o umwhile state caipital Monclova, on Federal Heich-gate 30.
It wis foondit in 1842 as Villa Nueva. It is believit tae chyngit its name tae Sacramento ("sacrament") tae honour a visit bi Fr. Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla durin which he officiated a mass.