San Pedro, Coahuila

San Pedro also known as San Pedro de las Colonias is a city and its surrounding municipality of the same name located in the southwestern part of the state of Coahuila in Mexico. It lies east-northeast of the city of Torreón. The city serves as the municipal seat of the municipality. At the Mexican census of 2005 the city had a population of 43,447 inhabitants, while the municipality had a population of 93,377. The municipality has a large area of 9,942.7 km² (3,838.9 sq mi), which includes many smaller outlying communities, the largest of which is the town of Concordia (La Rosita).

History

During the French intervention, the lands had belonged primarily to Doña Luisa Ibarra de Zuloaga, who was closely associated with Empress Carlota. After the restoration of the republic, the lands, notably the ranches “La Chona” and “El Hormiguero” were seized by the government and placed under the control of Don Jerónimo Treviño, hero of the 1866 Battle of Santa Isabel. Mustered out Republican soldiers settled on the land having been given grants by the governor of Coahuila.

References

* [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
* [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_coahuila Coahuila] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

* [http://www.sanpedrocoahuila.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de San Pedro] Official website
* [http://www.sanpedrodelascolonias.com/ Portal de Internet de San Pedro] Official website