Múzquiz Municipality

Múzquiz is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Santa Rosa de Múzquiz. The municipality covers an area of 8,128.9 square kilometres (3,138.6 sq mi).

Múzquiz, Coahuila Municipio de Múzquiz
Municipality
Municipality of Múzquiz
Municipality of Múzquiz in Coahuila
Coordinates: 27°52′43″N 101°31′2″W
Country	Mexico
State	Coahuila
Municipal seat	Santa Rosa de Múzquiz
Area
• Total	8,128.9 km2 (3,138.6 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	62,710

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 62,710.[1] Of these, 242 spoke an indigenous language, primarily Kickapoo and Nahuatl.

It is named for Melchor Múzquiz, President of the Republic in 1832, born in Santa Rosa in 1790.

Besides the seat, other towns of note include the coal mining town of Palaú (pop 16,000).

There is a town called Nacimiento de los Negros ("Birth of the Blacks"), where residents celebrate Juneteenth, known locally as "Day of the Blacks" (Spanish: Día de los Negros). A group of residents known as "Black Seminoles" (Spanish: Negros Mascogos) were of mixed Black and Seminole heritage who went to Oklahoma when Spanish Florida was given to the United States; they later settled south of the border.[2]