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Viesca () is a town and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Named after the third governor of Coahuila and Texas, José María Viesca, Viesca had a population of 19,328 at the last census. Of this number 9,695 were men and 9,633 were women.

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Viesca
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Municipal seat
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300px
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Mexico Coahuila
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above
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300
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Location in Coahuila
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Country
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State
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Coahuila
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Municipality
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Viesca
Settlement.established_date
24 July 1731
Settlement.population_as_of
2005
Settlement.population_total
19,328
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Religions

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Viesca () is a town and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. Named after the third governor of Coahuila and Texas, José María Viesca, Viesca had a population of 19,328 at the last census. Of this number 9,695 were men and 9,633 were women.

==Economy== Viesca's primary economic activity was formerly a salt factory which provided most of the jobs in town. The factory was shut down in 1992. Today, the main workplaces are the auto parts assembly factories that still operate giving jobs for most of the economic activity.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viesca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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