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San Luis Potosi:
State
of San Luis Potosí, is proud to offer to the tourism a
rich inheritance historical and artistic, where the
influence of the passed is notable in their habits and
in the way of life of their inhabitants, simple people,
opened and friendly, who will always receive you with
open arms. Furthermore, it is counted on all the tourism
facilities to make more burnished your stay.
San Luis Potosi is located in the central portion of Mexico,
between 34º 33' and 21º 10' of north latitude and 98º
21' and 102º 15' of west length. The Tropic of Cancer
crosses it in the northern zone.
The San Luis Potosi territory, in a way very irregular and
angular, is extended in more than two-thirds in the high
plateau; the others fractions correspond to the Saw
Eastern Mother and to the coastal plain of the Gulf of
Mexico.
San Luis Potosi has a surface of 62,848 km2 with
a population of approximately 2'299,360 inhabitants. It
adjoins to the north with the State of Coahuila to the northeast
with the State of Nuevo Leon and with the State
of Tamaulipas to the east with the State of Veracruz to the south,
with the State of Guanajuato, with the State of Queretaro and with the State
of Hidalgoto the southwest with the State of Jalisco and to the west,
with the State of Zacatecas
The name of San Luis Potosí was given in honor of San Luis,
French King and Potosí was used to compare the wealth
of the mines of the Hill of San Pedro with those of
Potosí in Bolivia. Other version of the origin of the
name is that was given as homage to the Viceroy Luis of
Velasco.
The
State of San Luis Potosi is perfectly linked with the
most important points of the National territory, since
the lines Aguascalientes - San Luis Potosí - Tampico,
cross the east entity to west. And the Mexico - Laredo
makes it of south to north.
San Luis Potosi is considered one of the most important
railway centers in the country, due to the magnitude of
its installed workshops above all in the capital and
Cardenas, and by the length of its railroads that puts
it in sixth place nationally.
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