Sacramento | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Coahuila |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Sacramento |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1842 |
Established Title2: | Town status |
Established Date2: | 1862 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Coordinates: | 27.0036°N -101.7247°W |
Sacramento is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
Sacramento is located at 27.0036°N -101.7247°W in the state's central region (Región Centro), some 250 km north of state capital Saltillo, and some 50 km north-west of former state capital Monclova, on Federal Highway 30.
It was founded in 1842 as Villa Nueva. It is believed to have changed its name to Sacramento ("sacrament") to honour a visit by Fr. Miguel Hidalgo during which he officiated a mass.