| San Juan de Sabinas | |
|---|---|
| Municipality | |
 Municipality of San Juan de Sabinas in Coahuila | |
  San Juan de Sabinas Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 27°55′45″N101°18′12″W / 27.92917°N 101.30333°W Coordinates: 27°55′45″N101°18′12″W / 27.92917°N 101.30333°W | |
| Country |  |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipal seat | Nueva Rosita |
| Area | |
| • Total | 735.4 km2 (283.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 382 m (1,253 ft) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 40,115 |
San Juan de Sabinas is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Nueva Rosita. The municipality covers an area of 735.4 km².
Coahuila is a state in Northeast Mexico that is divided into 38 municipalities. According to the 2015 Mexican Intercensal Survey, Coahuila is the 16th most populous state with 2,954,915 inhabitants and the third largest by land area spanning 151,846.16 square kilometres (58,628.13 sq mi).
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 120 million people, the country is the eleventh most populous state and the most populous Spanish-speaking state in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, a special federal entity that is also the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana and León.
Nueva Rosita is a town in the northeastern part of the state of Coahuila in northern Mexico. It lies about 11 km (7 mi) northwest of the city of Sabinas on Federal Highway 57, and serves as the municipal seat of San Juan de Sabinas municipality.
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 40,115. [1]
In 1908, it was the scene of the Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, the worst disaster in Mexico's coal mining history.
The Mina Rosita Vieja disaster occurred on February 27, 1908, when a huge early-morning explosion rocked the Rosita Vieja Coal Mine near the town of San Juan de Sabinas, Coahuila.
