Monclova is one of the 38

municipalities of Coahuila Coahuila is a Administrative divisions of Mexico#States, state in Northeast Mexico that is divided into 38 Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, Coahuila is the States of Mexico, 15th most populous state w ...

, in north-eastern

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. The municipal seat lies at

Monclova Monclova (), is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the 2015 census, the city had 231,107 inhabitants. Its metropolitan area has 381,432 inhabitants and ...

. The

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covers an area of 1480 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 200,160.

References

Municipalities of Coahuila {{Coahuila-geo-stub