Acuña City

For the great development of the industry assembly plant along the Acuna territory one of the industrial but complete poles of Coahuila it represents, combining their excellent services tourist restaurants with exquisite gastronomy, establishments of lodging of great level, stores of crafts where the visitor found articles of great part of the Mexican Republic.

During the night, walkers' groups enjoy their nonpareil night life that in Acuna it is par excellence "The border that has everything", place that you cannot stop to visit.

Name Origin

Receives the name in honor to the illustrious poet coahuilense Manuel Acuna.

Description of the Shield

I shield quartered in form of invested arrow, approved August 30 1951 for the Congress of the State.

The barracks skillful superior contains the national shield on a gules sun in a field of gold, that which symbolizes the birth of the national identity.

In the superior sinister barracks the coat of arms of Extremadura appears, in memory that Coahuila received the name of New Extremadura.

In the skillful barracks of the tip it figures the Big River of the North, the Brave one, and draining in him, the Stream of the cows; on the first one, the international bridge and in the angle a sable shaft to indicate the existence of City. In this field it is symbolized the economy of the city and the friendship and cultural and commercial exchange with the neighboring country.

In the sinister barracks of the tip, some lechuguilla plants and small candle, an encinal with some wooden pieces and cattle raising copies that symbolize the wealth of the city.

In the bordura the mottos: “Advanced of the Homeland” and “Prodigal Earth, Firm purposes.”

Localization

Acuna city is a Mexican city, that is located in the state Coahuila, renamed in the writer's honor Manuel Acuna, head of the municipality of Acuna, located at 29°19′9″N 100°56′3″O / 29.31917, -100.93417 and with an altitude of 280 msnm. previously call Garza Galan and later Villa Acuna. It is adjacent with the Brave River, which marks the frontier between Mexico and United States, offers a control bridge and crossing for the neighboring city Of the River in the American state of Texas.