It is located on the eastern boundary of the Chihuahuan Desert, in the municipality of Múzquiz.

Temperatures in the summertime can easily reach 45 degrees Celsius and the winters are mild but wet.

When an Austrian engineer discovered these energy riches in the late 19th century, the northern portion of Coahuila quickly transformed from a sparsely populated region of cattle ranchers to an industrial powerhouse.

Simabuco is one of several Japanese Surnames and is traced back to Anastacio Simabuco one of the earliest settlers of Palau he is believed to have migrated from Okinawa, Japan at the turn of the 20th century.

Coahuila coal feeds steel mills in Monclova and Monterrey, the country's third-largest city.