Múzquiz Municipality
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| Múzquiz | |
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  Múzquiz
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| 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 |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 8,128.9 km2 (3,138.6 sq mi) |
| Indwallers (2005) | |
| - Tot | 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.
Besides the seat, ither touns o note include the coal minin toun o Palaú (pop 16,000).
References [edit]
- ↑ Múzquiz. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved on 8 November 2008. .
