Arteaga () is a town that is part of the
Saltillo metropolitan area
The Saltillo metropolitan area, also known as Greater Saltillo, refers to the surrounding urban agglomeration of the capital city of the mexican state of Coahuila: Saltillo. Officially called .
Saltillo metropolitan area is composed of the municip ...
located in the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...
. It is considered a
Pueblo Mágico.
It serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding
municipality of the same name.
Geography
It stands some east of state capital
Saltillo
Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and high ...
, on
Federal Highways 57 and
54.
The municipality covers a total surface area of and, in 1995, reported a total population of 18,907. In addition to the municipal seat, it contains the settlements of
San Antonio de las Alazanas,
El Tunal,
San Juan de los Dolores,
Huachichil,
Los Lirios,
Mesa de Tablas, Bella Unión,
Escobedo, and
Jamé.
Climate
Arteaga residents often boast that they have a year-round median temperature of 22 °C (72 °F), and say theirs is the "most perfect" climate in North America.
History
The area was first inhabited by settlers from
Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala, is one of the 32 federal entities that comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Tlaxcala, 60 municipalities and t ...
in 1580, who named it
San Isidro de las Palomas.
On 29 December 1866 it was renamed in honour of General
José María Arteaga Magallanes, a 19th-century national hero and governor of the state of
Querétaro de Arteaga.
It includes the congregation of Landeros, which was named after an American soldier of Irish descent, who after the army's march through the area in the 1840s, settled there.
References
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Populated places in Coahuila
Populated places established in 1591
Pueblos Mágicos