Arteaga, Coahuila Explained

Official Name:Arteaga
Pushpin Map:Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Coahuila
Subdivision Type2:Municipality
Subdivision Name2:Arteaga
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ramiro Durán García
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:31 October 1591 (Francisco de Urdiñola)
Population As Of:2000
Population Total:6042
Timezone:Central (US Central)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:Central
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Coordinates:25.45°N -150°W
Elevation M:1680
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:25350

Arteaga (pronounced as /es/) is a city and a Pueblo Mágico in the Mexican state of Coahuila.It serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

Geography

It stands some 14km (09miles) east of state capital Saltillo, on Federal Highways 57 and 54.

The municipality covers a total surface area of 1818.6km2 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 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.