Viesca
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Viesca | |
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Municipal seat | |
  Viesca Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°21′N 102°48′W / 25.350°N 102.800°W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipality | Viesca |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 19,328 |
Viesca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbjeska]) 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.
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.
25°21′N 102°48′W / 25.350°N 102.800°W
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