Viesca
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| Viesca | |
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| — Municipal seat — | |
 Viesca
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| Coordinates: 25°21′N 102°48′W / 25.35°N 102.8°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipality | Viesca |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 19,328 |
Viesca is a town and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. At the last census, Viesca had a population of 19,328. Of this number 9,695 were men and 9,633 were women.
[edit] Economy
Viesca's primary economic activity was formerly a salt factory which provided most of the jobs in town. The factory was shut down in 1992.[citation needed] Today, the main workplaces are the sweatshop and auto parts assembly factories that still operate giving jobs for most of the economic activity.
Coordinates: 25°21′N 102°48′W / 25.35°N 102.8°W
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