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San Luis Potosí, commonly cried SLP or simply San Luis, is the caipital o, and maist populous ceety in the Mexican state o San Luis Potosí. The ceety lee's at an elevation o 1,850 meters (6,070 feet). It haes an estimatit population o 735,886 inhabitants in the ceety proper, an a population o approximately 1,021,688 in its metropolitan aurie which is formit wi the neebour ceety o Soledad an some ither sma tounships inside the urban aurie. This maks the metropolitan aurie o Greater San Luis Potosí the tent lairgest in Mexico.
San Luis Potosí | |
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Ceety & Municipality | |
Eik-name(s): La Ciudad de los Jardínes (Ceety o Gardens) | |
![]() Location o San Luis Potosí in central-north Mexico | |
Country | Mexico |
State | San Luis Potosí |
Foondit | 3 November 1592 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Luis Miguel Ávalos Oyervides |
Area | |
• Municipality | 385 km2 (149 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,850 m (6,070 ft) |
Population (2010) | |
• Municipality | 685,934 |
• Metro | 1,040,822 |
• Demonym | Potosino (a) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Website | http://www.ayuntamientoslp.gob.mx |
The ceety o San Luis Potosí is locatit in the wast-central pairt o the state o San Luis Potosí, at 22.16°N, 100.98°W. The municipality haes an aurie o 1,443.14 km² (557.2 sq mi).
The ceety is namit efter Louis IX o Fraunce (kent in Mexico as San Luis Rey de Francia an aw; Saunt Louis, Keeng o Fraunce), who is the ceety's patron saunt. Potosí wis addit in reference tae the fabulously rich mines o Potosí, Bolivie, discovered some fowerty years afore the ceety wis foondit, as the exploitation o siller an gowd mines in Cerro de San Pedro near San Luis wis the main raison for the foondin o the ceety in 1592.[1]
San Luis Potosí haes the follaein sister ceeties in Mexico an abroad[2] :
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