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Piedras Negras (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 28 42 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.7000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 100 34 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -100.5667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Prospered as customs station on international highway; today is a commercial & manufacturing center for agricultural hinterland where cotton & corn are cultivated; industries include zinc smelters, a cement plant, & flour & textile mills. |
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| Piedras Negras (preferred,C,V)
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............ | 1849-1888, & restored after downfall of Díaz |
| Ciudad Porfirio Díaz (H,V)
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............ | 1888 |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1849 |
| city (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas Reservation .......... (Indian reservation (Native American reservation)) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States, Texas, Maverick county) [8712823] |
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