Piedras Negras Municipality is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Piedras Negras. The municipality covers an area of 914.2 km2 and is located on the international border between Mexico and the USA, here formed by the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande), adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 152,806.2010 census tables: INEGI accessdate=April 29, 2011
Towns and villages
The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are: Name 2010 Census Population Piedras Negras 150,178 Centro de Readaptación Social Piedras Negras 830 Fraccionamiento Villa Real 767 El Moral 390 La Navaja (La Loma) 156 San Isidro 117 El Centinela 110 Total Municipality 152,806
Adjacent municipalities and counties
Nava Municipality - south Zaragoza Municipality - west Jiménez Municipality - north Maverick County, Texas - northeast
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