{{Short description|City in the Mexican state of Coahuila}} {{refimprove|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ---------------->| official_name = Arteaga | settlement_type = <!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)--> | motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> | image_skyline = Fachada Presidencia Municipal.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = Arteaga City Hall | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | other_name = | native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> | nickname = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Mexico Coahuila#Mexico | pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{MEX}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Coahuila | subdivision_type2 = Municipality | subdivision_name2 = Arteaga | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = <!-- Politics -----------------> | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Ramiro Durán García | leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = 31 October 1591 (Francisco de Urdiñola) | established_title2 = <!-- Incorporated (town) --> | established_date2 = | established_title3 = <!-- Incorporated (city) --> | established_date3 = <!-- Area ---------------------> | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = <!-- ALL fields dealing with a measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> | area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- Population -----------------------> | population_as_of = 2000 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 6042 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone =Zona Centro |utc_offset = -6 | coordinates = {{coord|25|27|N|100|50|W|region:MX|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> </ref> tags--> | elevation_m = 1680 | elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> | postal_code_type = Postal code <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = 25350 | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Arteaga''' ({{IPA|es|aɾteˈaɣa|-|Arteaga.ogg}}) is a town that is part of the Saltillo metropolitan area located in the Mexican state of Coahuila.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Méndez |first=Sergio A. Rodríguez |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9Mz4Se3gu8C&q=Arteaga+AND+%22Saltillo+metropolitan%22 |title=Clima Del Área Metropolitana de Saltillo, 2004-2014 |date=2015 |publisher=Dirección de Desarrollo Económico del Gobierno Municipal de Saltillo |language=es}}</ref> It has been recognized as a Pueblo Mágico by Mexico's Secretariat of Tourism.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arteaga |url=https://pueblosmagicos.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/coahuila/arteaga-coahuila/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20260101173639/https://pueblosmagicos.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/coahuila/arteaga-coahuila/ |archive-date=2026-01-01 |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=Pueblos Mágicos {{!}} Guía Oficial |publisher=Ministry of Tourism, México Desconocido |language=es}}</ref> It serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coahuila-Arteaga |url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM05coahuila/municipios/05004a.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814115936/http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM05coahuila/municipios/05004a.html |archive-date=2019-08-14 |access-date=2026-01-01 |website=www.inafed.gob.mx |publisher=INAFED}}</ref>
==Geography== It stands some {{convert|14|km|mi}} east of state capital Saltillo, on Federal Highways 57 and 54.
The municipality covers a total surface area of {{convert|1818.60|km2|sqmi|sp=us}} and, in 1995, reported a total population of 18,907. In addition to the municipal seat, it contains the settlements of San Antonio de las Alazanas, El Tunal, San Juan de los Dolores, Huachichil, Los Lirios, Mesa de Tablas, Bella Unión, Escobedo, and Jamé.
===Climate=== Arteaga residents often boast that they have a year-round median temperature of 22 °C (72 °F), and say theirs is the "most perfect" climate in North America.
==History== The area was first inhabited by settlers from Tlaxcala in 1580, who named it San Isidro de las Palomas. On 29 December 1866 it was renamed in honour of General José María Arteaga Magallanes, a 19th-century national hero and governor of the state of Querétaro de Arteaga.
It includes the congregation of Landeros, which was named after an American soldier of Irish descent, who after the army's march through the area in the 1840s, settled there.
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Category:Populated places in Coahuila Category:Populated places established in 1591