Torreón is one of the
municipalities of Coahuila de Zaragoza, a state in north-eastern
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
. The city of
Torreón is the municipal seat
["Municipal seat" is the translation for the Spanish ''cabecera.''] for Torreón Municipality. The
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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covers an area of 1947.7 km
2.
As of 2020, the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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had a total population of 720,848.
References
Municipalities of Coahuila
Torreón
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