San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí

Last modified: 2005-03-05 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Note: San Luis Potosí has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001. See: Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flags

• Presentation of San Luis Potosí
• Coat of arms

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• Official web page on San Luis Potosí coat of arms;
  Quoted by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán October 9, 2001

• Official SLP web page;
  Quoted by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán October 9, 2001

• Official name: Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí / Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí
  
• Short-form names: Estado de San Luis Potosí / State of San Luis Potosí; San Luis Potosí.
  
• Name's meaning: It was granted to the city in honor of his founder Luis of Leija. Potosí was aded after the Bolivian Potosí since that is located on a rich minning soil, like that of the Bolivian city.
  
• Location: Land-locked state, located in Center-North of Mexico. It neighbors the Mexican States of: Nuevo León and Tamaulipas (N), Veracruz-Llave (E), Hidalgo (SE), Querétaro de Arteaga and Guanajuato (S), and Zacatecas (W).
  
• Area: 63,038 km²
  
• Municipalities: 56
  
• Population: 2'003,187 inhabitants
  
• Capital: San Luis Potosí (Pop.: 239,000)
  
• Statehood: 1824
  
• Arms adopted: May 30, 1656.
  

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Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.