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''San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city. This article is about the state. For the city, see San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.

San Luis Potosí
Statistics
Capital San Luis Potosí
Area 63,068 km²
Ranked 15th
Population
(2005 census)
2,410,414
Ranked 16th
HDI (2004) 0.7694 - medium
Ranked 19th
Governor
(2003-2009)
Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (PAN)
Federal Deputies PAN: 4
PRI/PVEM: 3
Federal Senators PAN: 2
PRI: 1
ISO 3166-2
Postal abbr.
MX-SLP
S.L.P.

The Mexican state of San Luis Potosí has an area of 62,848 km² (24,266 mi²). It is in the north-central part of the Mexican republic, bordered by the states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Zacatecas.

In 2003, the estimated population was 2,353,000 people.

The native peoples of the state include the Huastec and Chichimec.

In addition to the state capital San Luis Potosí, the state's largest cities include Ciudad Valles, Matehuala, and Río Verde.

Municipalities


San Luis Potosí is divided into 58 municipios (municipalities). For a list, see municipalities of San Luis Potosí.

Famous residents


Jorge Goeters, NASCAR driver

External links


States of Mexico Estat de San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (stat) San Luis Potosí (Bundesstaat) San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (stato) San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (staat) サン・ルイス・ポトシ州 San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (Estado) San Luis Potosí | 圣路易斯波托西州

 

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