Municipalities of Coahuila

Map of Mexico with Coahuila highlighted

Map of Mexico with Coahuila highlighted

Coahuila is a state in northeast Mexico that is divided into 38 municipalities. According to the 2020 INEGI census, Coahuila is the 15th most populous state with Template:Nts inhabitants and the third largest by land area spanning .

Municipalities in Coahuila are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries. They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.

The largest municipality by population is the state capital Saltillo, with 879,958 residents, while the smallest is Abasolo with 1,022 residents. The largest municipality by land area in Coahuila and the third largest in Mexico is Ocampo, which spans , and the smallest is Allende which spans . The first municipality to incorporate was Monclova on Template:Dts, and the newest municipality is Francisco I. Madero, which incorporated Template:Dts.

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Coahuila by population
• Teatro de la Ciudad, Saltillo
  Saltillo, state capital and largest municipality by population in Coahuila.
• museo Arocena, Torreón
  Torreón, second largest municipality by population.
• Santuario de Guadalupe, Piedras Negras
  Piedras Negras, the fourth largest municipality by population.

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Name	Municipal seat	Population (2020)	Population (2010)	Change	Land area		Population density (2020)	Incorporation date
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Abasolo	Abasolo	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Acuña	Ciudad Acuña	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Allende	Allende	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Arteaga	Arteaga	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Candela	Candela	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Castaños	Castaños	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Cuatrociénegas	Cuatrociénegas de Carranza	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Escobedo	Escobedo	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Francisco I. Madero	Francisco I. Madero	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Frontera	Ciudad Frontera	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
General Cepeda	General Cepeda	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Guerrero	Guerrero	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Hidalgo	Hidalgo	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Jiménez	Jiménez	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Juárez	Juárez	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Lamadrid	Lamadrid	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Matamoros	Matamoros de la Laguna	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Monclova	Monclova	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Morelos	Morelos	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Múzquiz	Santa Rosa de Múzquiz	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Nadadores	Nadadores	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Nava	Nava	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Ocampo	Ocampo	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Parras	Parras de la Fuente	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Piedras Negras	Piedras Negras	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Progreso	Progreso	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Ramos Arizpe	Ramos Arizpe	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Sabinas	Sabinas	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Sacramento	Sacramento	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
SaltilloTemplate:Dagger	Saltillo	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
San Buenaventura	San Buenaventura	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
San Juan de Sabinas	Nueva Rosita	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
San Pedro de las Colonias	San Pedro de las Colonias	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Sierra Mojada	Sierra Mojada	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Torreón	Torreón	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Viesca	Viesca	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Villa Unión	Villa Unión	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Zaragoza	Zaragoza	Template:Change		Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Coahuila	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts		Template:Pop density	—
Mexico	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts		Template:Pop density	—

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