Coahuila

Coahuila, a state of Mexico, separated from Texas by the Rio Grande, has an area of 59,280 sq. m., partly mountainous, and forming in the west a part of the wilderness of the Bolson de Mapimi. The climate is healthy, although extremes of heat and cold are usual. The state is rich in minerals, especially silver, and coal has been found. It has valuable pasturage, and in many parts a most fertile soil; but no district of Mexico is so little known, or has been less developed. The construction of the National Railway has, however, prepared the way for a change, and already several cotton-factories and a large number of flour-mills are in operation. Pop. (1892) 177,793. Capital, Saltillo (q.v.).