Acuña is one of the 38

municipalities of Coahuila Coahuila is a state in Northeast Mexico that is divided into 38 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican census, Coahuila is the 15th most populous state with inhabitants and the third largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in C ...

, in north-eastern

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. The municipal seat lies at

Ciudad Acuña , also known simply as Acuña, (originally Garza Galán, later Villa Acuña) is a city located in the Mexican state of Coahuila, at and a mean height above sea level of . It stands on the Rio Grande (locally known as the Río Bravo), which mark ...

, which contained over 98% of the municipality's population in 2010. The

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

covers an area of 11,487.7 km² and is located on the international border between Mexico and the USA, here formed by the

Río Bravo del Norte The Rio Grande ( or ) in the United States or the Río Bravo (del Norte) in Mexico (), also known as Tó Ba'áadi in Navajo, is one of the principal rivers (along with the Colorado River) in the Southwestern United States and in northern M ...

(Rio Grande), adjacent to the U.S. state of

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. In 2015, the

had a total population of 181,426 inhabitants. Acuña is currently the fastest growing city in Mexico.
,"Censo de Población y Vivienda 2010: Acuña, Coahuila de Zaragoza," accessed November 6, 2014

Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

Adjacent municipalities and counties

* Jiménez Municipality, Coahuila, Jiménez Municipality - southeast * Zaragoza Municipality - south *

Múzquiz Municipality Múzquiz is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa Rosa de Múzquiz. The municipality covers an area of . As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 62,710. Of these, 242 ...

- south * Ocampo Municipality - southwest *

Brewster County, Texas Brewster County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in West Texas and its county seat (and only city) is Alpine, Texas, Alpine. It is one of the nine counties that comprise the Trans-Pecos region, and b ...

- northwest *

Terrell County, Texas Terrell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 760, making it the seventh-least populous county in Texas, and the 37th-least populous county in the nation. Its county seat is the census-desi ...

- north *

Val Verde County, Texas Val Verde County is a county located on the southern Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population is 47,586. Its county seat is Del Rio. The Del Rio micropolitan statistical area includes all of Val Verde County. Val ...

- northeast

References

Municipalities of Coahuila Coahuila populated places on the Rio Grande {{Coahuila-geo-stub