Cloete or San José de Cloete is a coal-mining town in the

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Sabinas Sabinas is a city in Sabinas Municipality of the same name located in the northeastern quadrant of the state of Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Es ...

, in the

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Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

. It was founded in the late 19th century by William Broderick Cloete, a British mine-owner. It adopted his name following his death in the sinking of in 1915. In the 2005

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Census it reported a population of 3,977.

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: :Altitude: 360 m :Postal code: 26960 :Area code: 861 {{Portal, Mexico, Energy Populated places in Coahuila Coal mines in Mexico Mining communities in Mexico Populated places established in the 19th century