Ciudad Frontera is a town in the northern Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 state of Coahuila

Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...

. It is in the east-central part of the state, just west of the city of Monclova

Monclova

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. It is located in the state's central region (Región Centro).

There were 65,606 inhabitants in the city as of the 2005 census, making it the state's sixth-largest community. The city serves as municipal seat of its surrounding municipality
, which had a population of 70,160 and includes numerous small outlying communities such as Ocho de Enero. The municipality is part of the Monclova-Frontera metropolitan area

Metropolitan areas of Mexico

Metropolitan areas in Mexico have been traditionally defined as the group of municipalities that heavily interact with each other, usually around a core city...

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External links

• Municipal information on Coahuila state website (in Spanish)