Matehuala is the second most important city in the

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San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

. It is located at around , at an elevation of about 1,500 m. Matehuala is also the municipal seat of the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of the same name, located in the northern part of the state, on the border with the southwestern corner of

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

. The city of Matehuala population is of 176,876. The municipality has an area of .

Government

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Notable people

Juan José Ortega Juan José Ortega (October 27, 1904 – December 27, 1996) was a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He was active during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, and directed over 40 films between 1942 and 1966. Filmography director * Fl ...

- film director and producer (1904–1996)

Notable buildings

Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Matehuala The Immaculate Conception Cathedral ( es, Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción), also Matehuala Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral located in the city of Matehuala, in the state of San Luis Potosí in Mexico. Although the cathedral is open for wor ...

has the same architectural style as the Church of Saint Joseph des Brotteaux, in

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. Its construction started in 1898 and was never finished. * Iglesia Santísima de Guadalupe

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