Nadadores is a city in the northern
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...
.
it serves as the administrative centre for the
surrounding municipality of the same name.
Nadadores is located at ,
in the state's central region ''(Región Centro)''.
It stands some 30 km north-west of former state capital
Monclova
Monclova (), is a city and the seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. According to the 2015 census, the city had 231,107 inhabitants. Its metropolitan area has 381,432 inhabitants and ...
on
Federal Highway 30.
There were 5,949 inhabitants in 2000.
It is the location of an accidental detonation of 22 tons of
Ammonium Nitrate
Ammonium nitrate is a chemical compound with the formula . It is a white crystalline salt consisting of ions of ammonium and nitrate. It is highly soluble in water and hygroscopic as a solid, but does not form hydrates. It is predominantly us ...
, which left 28 dead and 250 injured on September 10, 200
. The explosion left a crater 23m wide and 3m deep, and a damage radius of about 500m.
External links
(in Spanish)
Populated places in Coahuila
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