do you know something about Piedras Negras City? (Coahuila, Mexico)?

Answer 1

Yes... I live in Coahuila (the state) here in Mexico!

But... what do you need to know? Are you traveling there? Visiting? Planning on working?

From Wikipedia:

"Piedras Negras is a city in Coahuila, Mexico, located at 28.71° N 100.53° W.

Location in Mexico

Mexican State Coahuila

Mayor 2006-2009 Jesús Mario Flores (PRI)

Area
- City 914.2 km² (353 sq mi)

Elevation 250 m (820.2 ft)

Population
- City (2005) 143,915
- Metro 169,771

Website: www.piedrasnegras.gob.mx

"It stands on the U.S.-Mexico border, across the Río Bravo (Rio Grande) from Eagle Pass in the U.S. state of Texas. In 2003 Piedras Negras had an estimated population of 132,900 people.

"The city was founded in 1849. It was renamed Ciudad Porfirio Díaz in 1888, in homage to President Porfirio Díaz, but it reverted to its original name following the Mexican Revolution.

"It is locally known, and proven, that Piedras Negras is the birthplace of the nacho.

"The Spanish words Piedras Negras translate as "black rocks" – a reference to the coal deposits that exist in the area. Across the river, coal was formerly mined on the US side at Dolchburg, near Eagle Pass, in a mine that closed around 1905 after a fire. Mexico currently operates a 2 large coal-fired power plants named "Jose Lopez Portillo" and "Carbón 2" 30 miles south of Piedras Negras."

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Answer 2

city (1990 pop. 96,178), Coahuila state, N Mexico, on the Rio Grande opposite Eagle Pass, Tex. Founded in 1849, the city grew as an international shipping point. Piedras Negras is a commercial and processsing center for the surrounding agricultural region. Industry includes coal mining and metal-ore furnaces. In 1888, Piedras Negras was renamed Ciudad Porfirio Díaz in honor of the dictator, but the old name was restored after his overthrow

Answer 3

Ha ha. I agree that the quantity of immigration from Mexico into the U.S. is quite ridicules yet its no longer probably the immigrants fault they like a better existence. Mexico's government is ineffective and it fairly much for my area a failed state. it particularly is now between the main threatening countries interior the international and is rapidly becoming to be a returned water u . s . a . like a lot of those in needed u.s. with the aid of fact of fleeing investor and vacationer money alongside with slumping oil expenses.

Answer 4

It is located on the border. Eagle Pass, Texas is on the U.S. side of the border. It has grown a lot in the last 15 years.

Answer 5

boder town not much going on i had a tooth pulled and drank a bottle tequila 10 years a go. the price was right for both.