Villa Unión | |
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Municipality | |
Coat of arms | |
Municipality of Villa Unión in Coahuila | |
Villa UniónLocation in Mexico | |
Coordinates: 28°13′13″N 100°43′28″W / 28.22028°N 100.72444°W / 28.22028; -100.72444 | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Coahuila |
Municipal seat | Villa Unión |
Area | |
• Total | 1,540.3 km (594.7 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,138 |
Villa Unión is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Villa Unión. The municipality covers an area of 1540.3 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 6,138.
On November 29, 2019, four police officers and seven armed civilians, members of the Cartel del Noreste, were killed in a shootout during an attack on the Villa Unión Municipal palace. Six other police officers were injured.
References
- "Villa Unión". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved November 9, 2008.
- "El gobernador de Coahuila confirma 11 muertos tras enfrentamiento" [Governor of Coahuila confirms 11 dead after shooting], Informador.mx (in Spanish), Nov 30, 2019
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