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San Luis Potosí (Spanish pronunciation: [san ˈlwis potoˈsi] ⓘ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico.
San Luis Potosí, estado (state), northeastern Mexico. It is bounded by the states of Coahuila to the north; Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Veracruz to the east; Hidalgo, Querétaro, and Guanajuato to the south; and Jalisco and Zacatecas to the west.
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San Luis Potosi, city, capital of San Luis Potosi state, northeastern Mexico. The city, the largest urbanized area in the state, is the hub of a rich mining (silver, gold, lead, and copper) and agricultural region and is an important center for manufacturing, metal smelting, and oil refining.
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Early History While scant information exists on the state’s pre-Hispanic era, the Huastecos, Chichimecas and Guachichile Indians are believed to have inhabited the lands that now comprise San Luis Potosí as far back as 10,000 B.C. Their descendants make up a large segment of the state’s present population, many of whom continue to speak their nativ...
San Luis Potosí’s economy owes much of its success to the state’s thriving manufacturing and agriculture industries. The largest economic sector in San Luis Potosí is manufacturing, which accounts for about 26 percent of the economy. General service-based companies represent 18 percent, followed by trade activities at 17 percent, finance and insura...
Capital:San Luis PotosíMajor Cities (population): San Luis Potosí (685,934) Soledad Diaz Gutierrez (215,968) Ciudad Valles (116,261) Matehuala (70,150) Rio Verde (49,183)Size/Area:24,266 square milesPopulation: 2,410,414 (2005 Census)San Luis Potosí’s coat of arms depicts San Luis Rey (Louis IX of France, the city’s patron saint) standing on San Pedro Hill. The scene includes a mine entrance flanked by two silver and two gold b...San Luis Potosí takes its name from the area’s original designation, Valle de San Luis. The Spaniards added Potosí(which means fortune) to the name when they discovered gold and silver there.Colonial Center In the capital city of San Luis Potosí, the Cathedral Potosina and the Palacio de Gobierno rise above the Plaza de Armas, the city’s central square and home to many other beautifully preserved and historically significant colonial buildings. Benito Juárez, who completed five terms as president of Mexico between 1858 and 1872, served...
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San Luis Potosí, commonly referred to as San Luis, or by its initials SLP (Otomi: Nmiñ'u), is the capital and the most populous city of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of San Luis Potosí.
It is a landlocked state that borders Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas, Veracruz, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, and Queretaro. The capital of the state, also called San Luis Potosi, is the state’s largest city. Admitted as a state in 1823, San Luis Potosi was named in part for Louis IX of France. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SAN LUIS POTOSI.
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San Luis Potosí is state capital of the San Luis Potosí state in the Bajío in Mexico. Its position along the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, one of the "royal" roads that led all the way up to Santa Fe, New Mexico, has given the city UNESCO World Heritage status.
