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CIUDAD PORFIRIO DIAZ

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 401 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CIUDAD PORFIRIO See also:DIAZ , formerly PIEDRAS NEGRAS, a See also:northern frontier See also:town of See also:Mexico in the See also:state of See also:Coahuila, 1oo8 m. N. by W. from Mexico See also:City, on the Rio Grande del Norte, 720 ft. above See also:sea-level, opposite the town of See also:Eagle Pass, See also:Texas. Pop. (1900, estimate) 5000. An See also:international See also:bridge connects the two towns, and the Mexican International railway has its northern See also:terminus in Mexico at this point. The town has an important See also:transfer See also:trade with the See also:United States, and is the centre of a fertile See also:district devoted to See also:agriculture and stock-raising. See also:Coal is found in the vicinity. The Mexican See also:government maintains a See also:custom-See also:house and military See also:post here. The town was founded in 1849.

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