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Monclova
is a city located in the center of
Coahuila, state located to the north of
Mexico. Their area (Monclova, Frontera,
Castaņos) it counts with near 300,000
inhabitants and has population's of 35
hab/kmē density. It is to 600 msnm.
City highlighted by the
biggest production in steel of all Mexico, of there the
name of the Capital of the Steel.
Been founded for the
first time in 1577, like "Minas de la Trinidad", in
their current location it was founded in 1689 as
"Santiago of Monclova", old capital of the county
Novohispana of the New Extremadura, as well as of the
old state of Coahuila-Texas; formed by the state of
Coahuila in Mexico and the state of Texas, at the moment
part of United States.
In 1942, is founded the
Iron and steel industry Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA)
that originated the vertiginous industrial development
of Monclova.
In the 2010 the City of
Monclova turns 433 years of its first foundation, for
what is one of the oldest Cities in the northeast region
of Mexico. |
