Skip to content
EntityQ1999604· pop 15· linked from 85 articles

Also known as Castanos

Castaños is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. It is located at 101° 25' 58" West, 26° 47' 3" North, in the state's central region (Región Centro), within Castaños Municipality. It was settled in 1582 by Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva and Gaspar Castaño de Sosa. The town was then founded on November 22, 1674.

Key facts

Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Stella_nombre_Castaños,_Coahuila.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
Castaños in 2019
Settlement.mapsize
300px
Settlement.pushpin_map
Mexico
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
above
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Mexico
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Coahuila
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Castaños
Settlement.population_as_of
2020
Settlement.population_total
29128
Settlement.utc_offset
-6
Settlement.image_alt
A sign depicting the city name of Castaños. Each letter is a different color. The black text under the letters reads as "la puerta al norte de coahuila", which roughly translates to "the door to the north of Coahuila"

via Wikipedia infobox

~1 min read

Encyclopedic overview

1 sections
Contents
  • External links

Castaños is a city in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. It is located at 101° 25' 58" West, 26° 47' 3" North, in the state's central region (Región Centro), within Castaños Municipality. It was settled in 1582 by Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva and Gaspar Castaño de Sosa. The town was then founded on November 22, 1674.

==External links== Municipal information on Coahuila state website

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Castaños” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

On the map

6 mapped locations