General Cepeda
San Francisco de los Patos | |
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Municipal seat and city | |
Coordinates: 25°22′44″N 101°28′44″W / 25.379°N 101.479°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Coahuila |
Municipality | General Cepeda |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,382 |
General Cepeda is a city and seat of the municipality of General Cepeda, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila.[1] The town is named after Victoriano Cepeda Camacho (1826-1892), a general and a governor of Coahuila. Until 1892, the town was named San Francisco de los Patos and had been the headquarters for two of the largest estates in all of the Americas.