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San Juan de Sabinas Municipality

Coordinates: 27°55′45″N 101°18′12″W / 27.92917°N 101.30333°W / 27.92917; -101.30333
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San Juan de Sabinas
Coat of arms of San Juan de Sabinas
Municipality of San Juan de Sabinas in Coahuila
Municipality of San Juan de Sabinas in Coahuila
San Juan de Sabinas is located in Mexico
San Juan de Sabinas
San Juan de Sabinas
Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 27°55′45″N 101°18′12″W / 27.92917°N 101.30333°W / 27.92917; -101.30333
Country Mexico
StateCoahuila
Municipal seatNueva Rosita
Area
 • Total
735.4 km2 (283.9 sq mi)
Elevation
382 m (1,253 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
40,115

San Juan de Sabinas is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Nueva Rosita. The municipality covers an area of 735.4 km2.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 40,115.[1]

In 1908, it was the scene of the Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, the worst disaster in Mexico's coal mining history.

References

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  1. ^ "San Juan de Sabinas". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved November 8, 2008.