San Pedro (formally: San Pedro de las Colonias) is a city located in the southwestern part of the state of

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

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. San Pedro lies east-northeast of the city of

Torreón Torreón () is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2021, the city's population was 735,340. The metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the ...

and serves as the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name. In the 2005 INEGI Census the city had a population of 43,447 inhabitants, while the municipality had a population of 93,377. The municipality has a large area of 9,942.7 km² (3,838.9 sq mi), which includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which is the town of Concordia (La Rosita).

History

During the

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, the lands had belonged primarily to Doña Luisa Ibarra de Zuloaga, who was closely associated with

Empress Carlota Charlotte of Belgium (''Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine''; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a Kingdom of Belgium, Princess of Belgium and memb ...

. After the restoration of the republic, the lands, notably the ranches “La Chona” and “El Hormiguero” were seized by the government and placed under the control of Don Jerónimo Treviño, hero of the 1866 Battle of Santa Isabel. Mustered out Republican soldiers settled on the land having been given grants by the governor of

Sister Cities

San Pedro is sister cities with

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, United States.

References

Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005
INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
Coahuila
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

Ayuntamiento de San Pedro
Official website
Portal de Internet de San Pedro
Official website {{Authority control Populated places in Coahuila