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

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