San Juan de Sabinas Municipality explained

San Juan de Sabinas
Settlement Type:Municipality
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Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Coahuila
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Nueva Rosita
Area Total Km2:735.4
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:40,115
Coordinates:27.9292°N -101.3033°W
Elevation M:382

San Juan de Sabinas is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. 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.[1]

In 1908, it was the scene of the Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, the worst disaster in Mexico's coal mining history.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: San Juan de Sabinas. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. November 8, 2008.