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CIUDAD PORFIRIO DIAZ

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 401 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHR-CLI
CIUDAD PORFIRIO DIAZ , formerly PIEDRAS NEGRAS, a northern frontier town of
Mexico
  in the state of
Coahuila
 , 1oo8 m. N. by W. from
Mexico
  City, on the Rio Grande del Norte, 720 ft. above sea-level, opposite the town of Eagle Pass,
Texas
 . Pop. (1900, estimate) 5000. An
international
 
bridge
  connects the two towns, and the Mexican
International
  railway has its northern terminus in Mexico at this point. The town has an important transfer
trade
  with the United States, and is the centre of a fertile district devoted to
agriculture
  and stock-raising. Coal is found in the vicinity. The Mexican government maintains a custom-
house
  and military post here. The town was founded in 1849.


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