Cloete or San José de Cloete is a coal-mining town in the

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of Sabinas, in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It was founded in the late 19th century by

William Broderick Cloete thumb William Broderick Cloete (1851 – 7 May 1915) was a South African-born British industrialist active in the border zones between Mexico and the United States in the late 19th century. He and Robert Symon, an industrialist from Boston ...

, a

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mine-owner. It adopted his name following his death in the sinking of in 1915. In the 2005

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Census it reported a population of 3,977.

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: :Altitude: 360 m :Postal code: 26960 :Area code: 861 {{Portal, Mexico, Energy Populated places in Coahuila Coal mines in Mexico Mining communities in Mexico Populated places established in the 19th century