Piedras Negras
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municipal seat of Piedras Negras, State of Coahuila, Mexico
Key facts
- Country
- Mexico
- State
- Coahuila
- Municipality
- Piedras Negras
- Established
- June 15, 1850
- Mayor
- Carlos Jacobo Rodríguez González
- City
- 914.2 km (353.0 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 223 m (732 ft)
- Metro
- 245,155
- Demonym
- Nigropetense
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (US Central) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (Central)
- Airport
- Piedras Negras Int. Airport
- Website
- www .piedrasnegras .gob .mx
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Part of
- Mexico–United States border
- Official name
- Piedras Negras
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Piedras Negras Municipality
- Population
- 173959
- Elevation
- 222
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Body of water
- Rio Grande
- Capital of
- Piedras Negras Municipality
- Official website
- www.piedrasnegras.gob.mx
- Image
- Stella nombre Piedras Negras, Coahuila.jpg
- Dialing code
- 878
- Licence plate code
- 5
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- Commons category
- Piedras Negras
- postal code
- 26000–26095
- inception
- 1850-06-15
- different from
- Piedras Negras
- native label
- Piedras Negras
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Jürgen Warnatz
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Piedras Negras ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpjeðɾas ˈneɣɾas] lit. 'Black Rocks') is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. It stands at the northeastern edge of Coahuila on the Mexico–United States border, across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass in the U.S. state of Texas.
In the 2015 census the city had a population of 163,595 inhabitants, while the metropolitan area had a population of 245,155 inhabitants. The Piedras Negras and the Eagle Pass areas are connected by the Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras International Bridge, Camino Real International Bridge, and the Union Pacific International Railroad Bridge.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piedras Negras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.