San Luis Potosí (State)
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Capital | San Luis Potosí | |
surface | 60,983 km² (rank 15 ) | |
population | 2,785,718 (ranked 16 ) | |
Population density | 42.6 inhabitants per km² (2010 census) |
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governor |
Juan Manuel Carreras ( PRI ) (2015-2021) |
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Federal MPs |
PRI = 2 PRD = 2 PVEM = 1 PAN = 1 PT = 1 (7 federal constituencies) |
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Senators |
PRD = 1 PAN = 2 Morena = 1 |
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ISO 3166-2 | MX-SLP | |
Postal abbreviation | SLP | |
Website | www.sanluispotosi.gob.mx |
The state of San Luis Potosí [ san ˈlwis potoˈsi ], officially Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( Spanish Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí ), is located in the north-central part of Mexico . It borders Zacatecas and Nuevo León in the north, Tamaulipas in the northeast, Veracruz in the southeast, Hidalgo , Querétaro and Guanajuato in the south, Jalisco in the southwest and Zacatecas in the west. With an area of almost 61,000 km², the state has a population of around 2.8 million (2010).
The majority of the area is taken up by a high plateau with a dry climate. Typical representatives of the vegetation are yucca , agaves , cactus plants (including nopal prickly pear cacti , organ cacti, peyote ) and mesquites , in the temperate zones also oaks and pines . The highest elevation reaches 3180 m. To the east, the state's landscape slopes down to the coast and forms part of the humid tropical Huasteca region . The lowest point is 100 m above sea level.
In addition to the capital San Luis Potosí , Soledad de Graciano Sánchez , Ciudad Valles , Matehuala and Rioverde are important. The mining town of Real de Catorce , located in a valley, is of tourist interest .
The state of San Luis Potosí is divided into 58 municipalities .
Population development
year | population |
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1950 | 856.066 |
1960 | 1,048,297 |
1970 | 1,281,996 |
1980 | 1,673,893 |
1990 | 2,003,187 |
1995 | 2,200,763 |
2000 | 2,299,360 |
2005 | 2,410,414 |
2010 | 2,585,518 |
2015 | 2,717,820 |
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Coordinates: 22 ° 36 ′ N , 100 ° 26 ′ W