Villa de Cos is one of 58

municipalities of Zacatecas Zacatecas is a Administrative divisions of Mexico#States, state in North Central Mexico that is divided into 58 municipalities of Mexico, municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it is the state that has the States of Mexico, 7th small ...

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. It is located in the center-east of the state, bordered by the municipalities of Mazapil, Francisco R. Murguia,

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, Felipe Pescador,

Fresnillo Fresnillo (/fres'nijo/), founded in 1554 by Francisco de Ibarra, is the second largest city in Zacatecas state, north central Mexico and the seat of Fresnillo municipality. As a rail and highway junction, Fresnillo is the center of a rich mining ...

, Panuco and Guadalupe in

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as well as

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and

Villa de Ramos Villa de Ramos is a municipio or municipality to the northwest of San Luis Potosi, Mexico History The foundation of Villa de Ramos is attributed to Fr. Jeronimo de Pangua. A rich mine was discovered around this place in the year 1608 and the pop ...

in the neighboring state of

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 has an area of 6,405 km² occupying 8.53% of state territory. The municipal seat is located in the town of the same name. According to figures from INEGI, in 2010 it had a population of 34.328 inhabitants. Its main economic activity is picking chile and feedlot. As of March 11, 2021, 335 cases and 45 deaths related to the

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were reported in the municipality. Four police officers were killed when their patrol car was blown up by a criminal gang near Chupaderos on March 12, 2021. Seven people were later arrested and two killed in a confrontation with police in Tepozán.

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Municipalities of Zacatecas {{Zacatecas-geo-stub