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A typical scene in the Chihuahua desert. The Sánchez Navarro ranch (1765–1866) in Mexico was the largest privately owned estate or latifundio in Latin America. At its maximum extent, the Sánchez Navarro family owned more than 67,000 square kilometres (16,500,000 acres) of land, an area almost as large as the Republic of Ireland and larger than the American state of West Virginia.
Mexico in 1824. Coahuila y Tejas is the northeasternmost state. In 1821, the Mexican War of Independence severed the control that Spain had exercised on its North American territories, and the new country of Mexico was formed from much of the lands that had comprised New Spain. [6]
Southern Coahuila Nahuatl, [2] or Neotlaxcaltec Nahuatl, is a variety of Nahuatl that was spoken in the northeast of Mexico, mainly in the municipalities of San Esteban, [3] Parras de la Fuente, [4] Guadalupe and Bustamante. [5]
Coahuila, [a] formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, [c] is one of the 32 states of Mexico.The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the third largest is Monclova (a former state capital); the fourth largest is Piedras Negras; and the fifth largest is Ciudad Acuña.
Unas páginas traspapeladas de la historia de Coahuila y Texas. El derrotero de la entrada a Texas del gobernador de Coahuila, sargento mayor Martín de Alarcón (1932) [A misplaced page of history of Coahuila and Texas: The course of the entrance to the Governor of Coahuila Texas, Sergeant Major Martin de Alarcón (1932)]
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Zaragoza is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, a state in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Zaragoza. The municipality covers an area of 8183.5 km². It is near the Mexico–US border with Texas. It is one of the cities in the "5 manantiales" (5 springs) region in northern Coahuila.
Parish of the Holy Christ of the Ojo de Agua, today recognized as the site of the founding of the city. Founded in 1577 by Conquistador Alberto del Canto as Villa de Santiago del Saltillo, it is one of [5] the oldest post-conquest settlements in Northern Mexico. It can be ascertained that the name of the city comes from a small waterfall that ...