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 San Luis Potosí - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Luis Potosí is the name of both a state in Mexico and that state's capital city.
S.L.P. The Mexican state of San Luis Potosí has an area of 62,848 km².
In addition to the state capital San Luis Potosí, the state includes the cities of Ciudad Valles, Matehuala, and Río Verde.
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 San Luis Potosí, Mexico
The varied state of San Luis Potosí, covering an area of 62,848 square kilometers, has an altitude ranging from 100 meters in the low-lying areas to the east to an average of 2,000 meters in the high western desert lands.
San Luis Potosí comprises 58 municipal districts, with the capital seated in the city of the same name situated in the high desert.
San Luis Potosí is definitely a state with adventuresome side-trips that are well worth your time and effort, but while you're planning your travels, do take into consideration that you may just have to content yourself with getting to your next goal...
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 Tour By Mexico ® - San Luis Potosi State --- 11
San Luis Potosi is located in the central portion of Mexico, between 34º 33' and 21º 10' of north latitude and 98º 21' and 102º 15' of west length.
The name of San Luis Potosí was given in honor of San Luis, French King and Potosí was used to compare the wealth of the mines of the Hill of San Pedro with those of Potosí in Bolivia.
San Luis Potosi is considered one of the most important railway centers in the country, due to the magnitude of its installed workshops above all in the capital and Cardenas, and by the length of its railroads that puts it in sixth place nationally.
www.tourbymexico.com /sanlp/sanlp.htm   (422 words)

  
 Gobierno del Estado de San Luis Potosí [2003-2009]
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. a 13 de Noviembre de 2005 - La titular de SEDESORE en compañía de titulares de la JEC, CEA y funcionarios de SEDESOL priorizará obras con los alcaldes en las cuatro regiones del estado.
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. a 13 de noviembre de 2005 - Representan al Estado 22 proyectos.
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. a 12 de noviembre de 2005 - El Gobierno de Marcelo de los Santos Fraga esta invirtiendo en localidades que por más de diez años no habían recibido ningún apoyo.
www.sanluispotosi.gob.mx   (439 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi - A Brief Overview - By Geri Anderson
In the 17th century San Luis Potosi was the Capital of Northern New Spain, a territory that extended into Louisiana and Texas.
San Luis Potosi calls itself the La Ciudad de Los Jardines, (City of Gardens).
San Luis Potosi is eight hours by train from Mexico City, and three hours by train from San Miguel de Allende.
www.mexconnect.com /mex_/travel/ganderson/gasanluissuppl.html   (720 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi
The State of San Luis Potosi is largely situated within the northern reaches of Mexico's elevated Central Plateau.
SAN LUIS POTOSI, elevation 6,157', capital of the state of the same name, dates from the late 1500s when it was established as a mining settlement.
The San Luis PLam, drafted by Francisco Madero while he was imprisoned in the city by dictator Porfirio Diaz, set the stage for the Revolution of 1910.
www.ifisica.uaslp.mx /~jurgen/meeting_ckm/san_luis_potosi.html   (891 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi
Situated to the north of the fertile heartland, San Luis Potosí owes its existence and architectural splendor to a wealth of mineral deposits.
It was founded as a Franciscan mission in 1592, but it wasn't long before the Spanish discovered rich deposits of gold and silver in the country round about and began to develop the area in earnest.
Nicknamed "The City of Gardens," San Luis Potos’ has at least one garden in each of its seven original districts.
www.indiana.edu /~iuhpfl/san_luis_potosi.htm   (321 words)

  
 San Luis Potosí, Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Note: San Luis Potosí has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:
The encyclopedia does not give the origin of the name of the Mexican city San Luis Potosi', but does say it was not founded until 1583 as a Franscican mission, while the Potosi' in Bolivia was founded about 1545.
San Luis Potosí was named "City" on May 30, 1656, granting it a coat of arms featured by a mount, that one of "San Pedro" (St. Peter), on a field parted azur and gold, with two stripes of silver on azur, and other two on gold.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/mx-slp.html   (410 words)

  
 Carpeta Informativa de la Gira de trabajo por el estado de San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí ocupa el primer lugar en producción de ganado caprino y en producción de fluorita; tercer lugar en producción de ganado ovino y de zinc; es el cuarto productor nacional de cobre y el octavo de café.
San Luis Potosí cuenta con un aeropuerto internacional en la capital, 1 aeródromo en la ciudad de Tamuín y 18 aeropistas.
Reduce el tiempo de traslado, entre la ciudad de SLP y Río Verde, de cuatro, a una hora y media, en beneficio de 1´300,000 habitantes de los municipios de San Luis Potosí, Río Verde, Ciudad Fernández, Villa Juárez, Guadalcázar, Cerritos y San Lorenzo; así como, a los 4,300 usuarios que diariamente transitan por esta vía.
zedillo.presidencia.gob.mx /pages/giras_n/slp/slp.html   (2947 words)

  
 Economy. San Luis Potosí
San Luis Potosí is divided into three natural regions: the Highland Plateau, the Middle Region and the Huasteca zone.
This region occupies almost half of the territory of San Luis Potosí.
The state capital, the city of San Luis Potosí, is situated in the San Luis region.
www.elbalero.gob.mx /kids/explora/html/sanluis/economia.html   (222 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Westin San Luis Potosi at Epinions.com
Westin's San Luis Potosi location is a first-class hotel all the way with opulent rooms, outstanding Mexican cuisine, and affordable rates (by American standards).
San Luis Potosi (or just S.L.P. in local shorthand) was a really a surprise to me. Because the town is so widely ignored by the folks who write travel guides to Mexico, I figured that maybe there wasn't much to see or do there.
San Luis is one of those wonderful treats that you find by getting off the main tourist path.
www.epinions.com /content_59535494788   (1557 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - San Luis PotosI, state, Mexico, Mexico (Mexican Political Geography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
San Luis PotosI, state, Mexico, Mexican Political Geography
San Luis PotosI[sAn lOOEs´ pOtOsE´] Pronunciation Key, state (1990 pop.
San Luis PotosI has rich silver, gold, copper, zinc, and bismuth deposits and is one of Mexico's leading mining states.
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 San Luis Potosí, flor del desierto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
San Luis Potosí, S.L.P., 12 de abril.- Una paradoja en el corazón de México.
"A San Luis Potosí le costó tiempo, y aún le cuesta, saberse a la mitad del territorio nacional, con todo lo que ellos significa: marcar sus ritmos de muerte y vida".
Dice el investigador que San Luis Potosí, cuyo nombre y escudo de armas tiene una historia extraña, donde la lógica se precipita y el azar, tal vez lo crudamente espontáneo, parece tomar el lugar de la razón; más que espejismo, la alucinación o el subconsciente: es la bisagra de todo ello.
www.cnca.gob.mx /cnca/nuevo/diarias/130499/slpslp.html   (735 words)

  
 The mining towns of San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Both the name and the coat-of-arms of San Luis Potosi recall the tremendous importance of mining to Mexico's economy.
Less than forty minutes from the state capital, Cerro San Pedro was the original site of San Luis Potosí and is the hill depicted on the coat-of-arms.
San Pedro is full of character and should not be missed by anyone visiting San Luis Potosí.
www.mexconnect.com /mex_/travel/tonysarticles/ghosts.html   (1156 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi
Tio Gringo here, checking out the often overlooked city of San Luis Potosi -- a city that really holds some nice surprises, including an outstanding new modern art museum, lots of great restaurants with local charm and prices that don't bust the travel budget, and oodles of great colonial architecture.
Once a proud silver mining town, San Luis Potosi is today a center for industry and government.
San Luis Potosi is famous for its unique Museum of Masks -- a place that stresses the cultural importance of the mask in Mexico (though the museum seems to emphasize modern ceremonial uses over historical masks).
www.tiogringo.com /sanluispotosi.html   (286 words)

  
 Visite México   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Cerro de San Pedro, regarded as a museum town, lies 20 km outside San Luis Potosí.
However, it is worth visiting because of its architectural remains that reflect its past glory, and its incredible natural scenery.
Located 284 km north of the city of San Luis Potosí.
www.visitmexico.com /wb2/Visitmexico/Visi_SLP_Lugares_Historicos   (418 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Pictures
San Luis Potosí, city, central Mexico, capital of San Luis Potosí State.
It was founded in the late 16th century and is the site of the Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí (1826).
A funny memory is this one: When my friends from Monterrey came to the federal district to stay with us, we walked the entire street and when we were at the stairs of the angel started to dance looking at the traffic...I´m sure a lot of people should asked themselves that night "who the f..
www.greatestcities.com /North_America/Mexico/San_Luis_Potosi_and_State...   (260 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: San Luis Potosi
It includes the State of San Luis Potosí, and a small portion of the State of Zacatecas.
The Church of Mount Carmel is a fine specimen of the Baroque style of architecture.
The capital, San Luis Potosí, has 82,946 inhabitants.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/13448b.htm   (231 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi, city, Mexico. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Founded in 1576, San Luis Potosí was strategically important in colonial times and during the wars of the republican period.
The patriot Francisco I. Madero, who was briefly imprisoned in the city in 1910, later named his revolutionary call to arms the Plan of San Luis Potosí.
Among its major landmarks are the San Francisco convent and Carmelite churches.
www.bartleby.com /65/sa/SanLuisP.html   (168 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi : Introduction | Frommers.com
San Luis Potosí, more than a mile high in central Mexico's high-plains region, was among the country's most picturesque and prosperous mining cities.
It is now the largest and most industrial of the silver cities, with more than a half-million inhabitants, but you would never know it if you stayed in the historic central district.
Capital of the state of the same name, San Luis Potosí was named for Louis IX, saintly king of France; Potosí, the Quechua word for richness, was borrowed from the incredibly rich Bolivian Potosí mines, which San Luis's mines were thought to rival.
www.frommers.com /destinations/sanluispotosi/0928010001.html   (224 words)

  
 San Luis Potosí on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
San Luis Potosí has rich silver, gold, copper, zinc, and bismuth deposits and is one of Mexico's leading mining states.
Metallica Resources Announces Authorization to Proceed With Church Stabilization at the Cerro San Pedro Project, Mexico.
San Luis Potosí; Coahuila; y Ciudad de México.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/SanL1uisP1S1t.asp   (384 words)

  
 Visite México
Set midway between the northeast and center of the country, San Luis Potosí is one of the states with the greatest number of n
Set midway between the northeast and center of the country, San Luis Potosí is one of the states with the greatest number of neighbors: Jalisco, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Querétaro and Guanajuato.
However, San Luis Potosí developed mainly as a result of the silver deposits in Cerro de San Pedro, which increased its architectural and artistic wealth.
www.visitmexico.com /wb2/Visitmexico/Visi_San_Luis_Potosi   (202 words)

  
 San Luis Potosi Vacations: San Luis Potosi Luxury Travel Arrangements - San Luis Potosi Luxury Hotels, Resorts, Tours ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
San Luis Potosí, founded in 1592, with friendly people, the State of San Luis Potosi is an adventure itself that you cannot miss!
The Neo-Hispanic style is also present in San Luis, in attractive constructions such as the National Museum of Masks, an old residence that dates back to 1894; it currently holds a collection of more than 2,000 masks donated by Victor Jose Moya.
The Theater of La Paz emphasized by its porch with ten channeled columns ending in Corinthian capitals; in its interior, there are four murals of mosaic and sculptures of distinguished personages.
www.mexicovacationguide.com /SanLuisPotosi1121_Overview.html   (1308 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Hotel Real Plaza at Epinions.com
San Luis Potosi seems to have been overlooked by the corporate hotel chains, at least when it comes to serving the downtown area, but that's really okay with me because a little digging turns up some surprising diamonds in the rough that can represent great lodging deals for the discriminating but budget-conscious traveler.
I love the spaciousness of my room, and I love the huge bowed bay window, with glass from floor to ceiling, affording me an incredible view of the city and the mountains that rise up from the valley floor just a scant few miles away.
San Luis Potosi is a busy and fairly attractive city, and it's best appreciated from an 11th story room of the Real Plaza, which towers over all of its neighbors.
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A muchos desconcierta, algunos no lo entienden con claridad, lo cierto es que dentro de la República Méxicana existe un estado cuyo nombre es San Luis Potosí y dentro de este se encuentra un Municipio al que se le denomina también San Luis Potosí.
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 San Luis Potosi Travel - Hotels - compare prices, reviews and buy at NexTag - Price - Review
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San Luis Potosi is strategically located: 5 minutes away from Historic Downtown, 10 minutes away from the most important industrial corridors....
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 San Luis Potosi Hotels - Affordable Hotel in San Luis Potosi
Located next to the industrial park and within minutes of San Luis Potosi rich historic city center.
Fiesta Inn San Luis Potosi is strategically located: 5 minutes away from Historic Downtown, 10 minutes away from the most important industrial corridors (Parque Tres Naciones, Parque Milenium, and Ciudad Industrial), and a mere 15 minutes away from the airport.
With easy access to the main highways of the country Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara, Fiesta Inn San Luis Potosi is a magnificent hotel choice for the business traveler seeking both quality service and a pleasant atmosphere.
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 SAN LUIS POTOSI - Online Information article about SAN LUIS POTOSI
SAN LUIS POTOSI - Online Information article about SAN LUIS POTOSI
stone; the churches of El Carmen, San Francisco and Guadalupe; the La Paz See also:
San Luis Potosi is an important railway and distributing centre, with a considerable See also:
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 Westin San Luis Potosi Hotel - San Luis Potosi - Westin San Luis Potosi Hotel Reviews - TripAdvisor
It is a bit difficult to find hidden behind the car dealerships on the road from San Luis to Guadalajara, but worth the search.
We arrived and happy to see very secure parking area, aditionally had nice room facing the courtyard which is a must.
Explore our site to find travel information and unbiased reviews on San Luis Potosi tourism, attractions, maps and much more.
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