Sixth Federal Electoral District of Coahuila

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The Sixth Federal Electoral District of Coahuila(VI Distrito Electoral Federal de Coahuila) is one of the 300 Electoral Districts into which Mexico is divided for the purpose of elections to the federal Chamber of Deputies and one of seven such districts in the state of Coahuila.

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 kilometers (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fourth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 129 million people, Mexico is the tenth most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states plus Mexico City (CDMX), which is the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the country include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, and León.

The Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Congress of the Union, the bicameral legislature of Mexico. The other chamber is the Senate. The structure and responsibilities of both chambers of Congress are defined in Articles 50 to 70 of the current constitution.

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

District territory

Under the 2005 districting scheme, Coahuila's Sixth District covers the northern half of the municipality of Torreón.^[1]

The district's head town (cabecera distrital), where results from individual polling stations are gathered together and collated, is the city of Torreón.

Torreón is a city and seat of Torreón Municipality in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2015, the city's population was 679,288. The Metropolitan population as of 2015 was 1,497,734, making it the ninth-biggest metropolitan area in the country and the largest Metropolitan area in the state of Coahuila, as well as one of Mexico's most important economic and industrial centers. The cities of Torreón, Gómez Palacio, Lerdo, Matamoros, Francisco I. Madero, San Pedro, Bermejillo, and Tlahualilo form the area of La Laguna or the Comarca Lagunera, a basin within the Chihuahuan Desert.

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

LI Legislature
- 1979–1982: Francisco José Madero González (PRI)
LII Legislature
- 1982–1985:
LIII Legislature
- 1985–1988:
LIV Legislature
- 1988–1991: Humberto Roque Villanueva (PRI)
LV Legislature
- 1991–1994:
LVI Legislature
- 1994–1997: Jesús Salvador Hernández Vélez (PRI)
LVII Legislature
- 1997–2000: Alberto González Domene (PAN)
LVIII Legislature
- 2000–2002: José Guillermo Anaya Llamas (PAN)
- 2002–2003: Silvestre Enrique Faya Viesca (PAN)
LIX Legislature
- 2003–2006: Laura Reyes Retana (Ind.)
LX Legislature
- 2006–2009: Jesús de León Tello (PAN)

Francisco José Madero González was a Mexican politician, accountant, and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Madero served as the 54th Municipal President, or Mayor, of Torreón from 1976 to 1978 and the Governor of the Mexican state of Coahuila in 1981.

The LIV Legislature of the Congress of the Union met from September 1, 1988, to August 31, 1991.

Humberto Roque Villanueva is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). He is a native of Torreón, Coahuila.

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References

↑ Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Coahuila" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

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[1] Instituto Federal Electoral. "Condensado de Coahuila" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

Sixth Federal Electoral District of Coahuila

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District territory

Deputies returned to Congress from this district

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