Coal-Mining Region Profile
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“2020, Año del Centenario Luctuoso de Venustiano Carranza, el Varón de Cuatro Ciénegas” NORTH BORDER CHIHUAHUA DURANGO NUEVO LEON N ZACATECAS SAN LUIS POTOSI COAL-MINING REGION PROFILE Perif. Luis Echeverría Álvarez No. 1560, Edificio Torre Saltillo, Piso 12, Col. Guanajuato Ote., C.P. 25286. Saltillo, Coah. Teléfonos: (844) 415-2162, 415-1714, Ext. 4800 [email protected] “2020, Año del Centenario Luctuoso de Venustiano Carranza, el Varón de Cuatro Ciénegas” INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 2 2.1 Altitude and Geographic Coordinates 3 2.2 Distances 3 3. GENERAL INFORMATION 4 3.1 Climate 4 3.2 Demographic Aspects 5 4. TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 5 4.1 Airports 5 4.2 Highways 6 4.3 Railroads 5. ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 6 5.1 Industrial Parks 6 5.2 Main Companies 7 6. INFORMATION ON BASIC SERVICES 7 6.1 Water and Drainage 7 6.2 Electric power 7 6.2 Gas 9 6.4 Health Services 9 7. EDUCATION 9 7.1 Middle Education - Upper Middle Education 9 7.2 Higher Education 10 8. QUALITY OF LIFE 10 8.1 Tourism 11 8.2 Magic Towns 12 9. DIRECTORY 13 Perif. Luis Echeverría Álvarez No. 1560, Edificio Torre Saltillo, Piso 12, Col. Guanajuato Ote., C.P. 25286. Saltillo, Coah. Teléfonos: (844) 415-2162, 415-1714, Ext. 4800 [email protected] “2020, Año del Centenario Luctuoso de Venustiano Carranza, el Varón de Cuatro Ciénegas” 1. INTRODUCTION Coahuila is the third largest state in the country. Located in the North-East part of Mexico, Coahuila shares a 512 kilometer with the U.S. State of Texas. In Mexico is next to the States of Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon. CANADÁ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATLANTIC COAHUILA OCEAN MEXICO PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTH AMERICA Location of Coahuila in Northeamerica. Coahuila in numbers: Represents 7.73% of the surface of the country. It has a population of 2'954, 915 inhabitants, 2.5% of the total in the country, the distribution is 90% urban and 10% rural. Schooling that is 9.9 (almost year of upper secondary education); the national average is 9.2 of schooling. Speakers of an indigenous language of 3 years and older, are 2 per 1000 people, the national level is 70 per 1000 people. The sector of activity which contributes most to State GDP are manufacturing industries, including the production of machinery and equipment. Finally, brings the 3.4% to the national GDP. Source: INEGI 2015. Coahuila boasts of 38 municipalities, which are grouped into five different regions due to their economic characteristics and geographical location. Perif. Luis Echeverría Álvarez No. 1560, Edificio Torre Saltillo, Piso 12, Col. Guanajuato Ote., C.P. 25286. Saltillo, Coah. Teléfonos: (844) 415-2162, 415-1714, Ext. 4800 [email protected] “2020, Año del Centenario Luctuoso de Venustiano Carranza, el Varón de Cuatro Ciénegas” Coal-Mining Region is comprised of the municipalities of Juarez, Muzquiz, Progreso, Sabinas and San Juan de Sabinas. Is characterized by large extractions of different materials such as: coal, fluorspar, Celestite, and strontium; It also has a growing maquiladora industry. This document provides general information about the region: geographic location, main economic activities, infrastructure, basic services, education, quality of life and tourism. 2. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION The Coal-Mining Region of the State has a land area of 16,040.1 Km2 and a population of 180, 734 inhabitants. Source: INEGI 2015.. 1. Muzquiz 1 2. San Juan de Sabinas 2 3 3. Sabinas 5 4. Progreso 4 5. Juarez State Capital Coal-Mining Region Location Perif. Luis Echeverría Álvarez No. 1560, Edificio Torre Saltillo, Piso 12, Col. Guanajuato Ote., C.P. 25286. Saltillo, Coah. Teléfonos: (844) 415-2162, 415-1714, Ext. 4800 [email protected] “2020, Año del Centenario Luctuoso de Venustiano Carranza, el Varón de Cuatro Ciénegas” 2.1 Altitude and Geographical Coordinates Altitude and geographical coordinates of the municipalities in the region. MUNICIPALITY ALTITUDE LATITUDE LONGITUDE Meters over sea level Juarez 271 27 36’ 20” 100 43’ 34” Muzquiz 487 27 52’ 39” 101 30’ 52” Progreso 304 27 25’ 43” 100 59’ 09” Sabinas 331 27 50’ 54” 101 07’ 12” San Juan de Sabinas 379 27 56’ 19” 101 13’ 03” Source: INEGI 2015. Coahuila Statistics Yearbook 2.2 Distances Distance between the state main cities, national frontiers and ports. ACUÑA 238 JUAREZ 297 119 MONCLOVA 208 104 142 MÚZQUIZ 91 177 237 148 PIEDRAS NEGRAS 261 34 85 106 201 PROGRESO 182 57 115 48 122 80 SABINAS 493 315 194 338 433 281 310 SALTILLO 173 69 128 35 113 92 25 336 SAN JUAN DE ROSITA (Nueva Rosita) 662 424 363 508 602 450 479 253 503 TORREÓN 1085 875 832 898 1071 841 947 721 972 469 CHIHUAHUA, CHIH. 915 659 616 682 777 625 655 506 679 243 631 DURANGO, DGO. 1192 1014 892 1037 1131 980 1008 777 1033 722 1162 620 GUADALAJARA, JAL. 1321 1143 1022 1166 1261 1109 1137 845 1161 993 1433 891 552 CD. MÉXICO 495 317 196 340 435 283 353 87 378 340 809 597 845 910 MONTERREY, N.L. 922 744 623 767 862 710 739 447 763 577 1017 475 329 417 515 SAN LUIS POTOSI, S.L.P. 865 687 566 710 805 653 681 383 706 391 831 289 338 601 464 194 ZACATECAS, ZAC. 1486 1308 1187 1331 1426 1274 1303 1071 1327 1017 1456 948 295 827 1140 623 632 MANZANILLO, COL. 1164 908 864 1009 1025 952 980 754 1004 491 876 256 481 1013 836 733 544 748 MAZATLÁN, SIN. 1012 866 712 857 952 800 875 609 899 876 1346 903 763 468 529 396 620 1060 1155 TAMPICO, TAMPS. N. LAREDO, 265 156 247 254 177 190 207 295 231 547 1017 804 997 1118 219 722 669 1294 1044 769 TAMPS. Source: Communication and Transport Secretariat (SCT). Coahuila 2019 Aproximate distances in kilometers Perif. Luis Echeverría Álvarez No. 1560, Edificio Torre Saltillo, Piso 12, Col. Guanajuato Ote., C.P. 25286. Saltillo, Coah. Teléfonos: (844) 415-2162, 415-1714, Ext. 4800 [email protected] “2020, Año del Centenario Luctuoso de Venustiano Carranza, el Varón de Cuatro Ciénegas” 3. GENERAL INFORMATION 3.1 Climate This region is characterized by a climate of semidry temperate dry semi warm during most of the year and the rainy season mainly includes the months of may, June and September Monthly average temperature 2017 (ºC). MUNICIPALITIES JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Juarez 15.1 19.0 21.3 23.8 26.4 29.6 30.5 30.1 28.0 21.6 18.8 12.2 Muzquiz 14.9 18.4 21.4 24.9 28.7 30.6 31.1 30.6 28.2 21.5 18.7 11.3 Progreso 14.0 18.6 20.9 22.6 26.9 29.3 29.1 29.6 26.6 19.9 17.3 13.0 Sabinas 14.3 18.5 21.1 23.5 26.3 29.4 30.7 30.4 27.7 20.8 18.3 11.6 San Juan de 14.3 18.5 21.1 23.5 26.3 29.4 30.7 30.4 27.7 20.8 18.3 11.6 Sabinas Source: Water National Comision (CONAGUA) 2018. C Degrees. Monthly average precipitation 2017 (mm). MUNICIPALITY JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Juárez 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.4 2.7 2.1 0.0 0.4 11.3 0.4 0.2 2.0 Múzquiz 0.0 1.2 0.0 2.2 0.9 1.9 2.0 0.7 7.4 0.6 0.5 1.1 Progreso 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.8 5.9 0.5 1.2 0.5 2.9 0.6 0.3 1.7 Sabinas 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.4 2.7 2.1 0.0 0.4 11.3 0.4 0.2 2.0 San Juan de 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.4 2.7 2.1 0.0 0.4 11.3 0.4 0.2 2.0 Sabinas Source: Water National Comision (CONAGUA) 2018. mm. measure in milímeters. Perif. Luis Echeverría Álvarez No. 1560, Edificio Torre Saltillo, Piso 12, Col. Guanajuato Ote., C.P. 25286. Saltillo, Coah. Teléfonos: (844) 415-2162, 415-1714, Ext. 4800 [email protected] “2020, Año del Centenario Luctuoso de Venustiano Carranza, el Varón de Cuatro Ciénegas” 3.2 Demographic Aspects Municipality population and sex distribution MUNICIPALITY TOTAL POPULATION MALE FEMALE Juarez 1,846 956 890 Muzquiz 73,253 36,516 36,737 Progreso 3,720 1,886 1,834 Sabinas 69,842 34,683 35,159 San Juan de Sabinas 44,759 21,990 22,769 Total 193,420 96,031 97,389 Source: INEGI, 2015. 4. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE 4.1 Airports The Coal-Mining Region has two aerodromes: one located on Highway 57 Monclova - stones black km. 129.4 in Sabinas, Coahuila; It has a track of 1,800 meters. long by 30 meters. wide, taxiway and general platform of 113 meters. 90 m wide. long; identified as runway 11/29, currently does not operate commercial line. The other is the aerodrome of Muzquiz, Coahuila; with a runway of 1.200 mts. 19 meters long. wide; identified as runway 13/31, currently does not either operate commercial line. The region has easy access to the international airport in the city of Monclova "Venustiano Carranza" and to the international airport of Piedras Negras, Coahuila.