San Luis Potosí
Also known as San Luis Potosi
capital of the State of San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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San Luis Potosí is the capital city of the State of San Luis Potosí in Mexico, located in the country's central region. It serves as the political and administrative center for the state and is an important hub in Mexico's interior.
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- Official website
- www.ayuntamientoslp.gob.mx
- Image
- Montage San Luis Potosi.jpg
- Dialing code
- 444
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San Luis Potosí, commonly referred to as San Luis, or by its initials SLP (Otomi: Nmiñ'u), is the capital and the most populous city of the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of San Luis Potosí. The city lies at an elevation of 1,864 metres (6,115 feet). It has an estimated population of 824,229 in the city proper and a population of approximately 1,221,526 in its metropolitan area, formed with the neighbour city of Soledad de Graciano Sánchez and other surrounding municipalities, which makes the metropolitan area of Greater San Luis Potosí the eleventh largest in Mexico.
The city is in the west-central part of the state of San Luis Potosí, at 22.16°N, 100.98°W. The municipality has an area of 1,443.14 square kilometres (557.20 square miles). It is part of the macroregion of Bajío.