San Juan de Sabinas 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

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The municipal seat lies at Nueva Rosita. The municipality covers an area of 735.4 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 40,115. In 1908, it was the scene of the

Mina Rosita Vieja disaster The Mina Rosita Vieja disaster occurred on February 27, 1908, when a huge early-morning explosion rocked the Rosita Vieja Coal Mine near the town of San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila. The explosion led to the deaths of 200 miners in shaft No. 2. Th ...

, the worst disaster in Mexico's coal mining history.

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Municipalities of Coahuila {{Coahuila-geo-stub