General Cepeda
General Cepeda
San Francisco de los Patos | |
|---|---|
Municipal seat and city | |
San Francisco de Asis cathedral | |
General Cepeda Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 25°22′44″N 101°28′44″W / 25.379°N 101.479°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Coahuila |
| Municipality | General Cepeda |
| Established | 1575 |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 4,382 |
General Cepeda is a city and seat of the municipality of General Cepeda, in the north-eastern Mexican state of Coahuila. The town is named after Victoriano Cepeda Camacho (1826-1892), a general and a governor of Coahuila. Until 1892, the town was named San Francisco de los Patos and had been the headquarters for two of the largest estates in all of the Americas. In 2023, General Cepeda was designated a Pueblo Mágico by the Mexican government, recognizing its cultural and historical importance.