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San Luis Potosí city (1990 pop. 489,238), capital of San Luis Potosí state, central Mexico. Situated on a plain almost entirely surrounded by low mountains, the city is a mining and agricultural distribution center and a rail junction. Industries include foundries, smelters, and factories which produce clothing, leather goods, and beverages. 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. The city has narrow cobbled streets and solid colonial architecture. Among its major landmarks are the San Francisco convent and Carmelite churches.

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San Luis Potosí, Mexico Tangamanga, Real San Luis Minas de Potosí A state and a city founded as a Franciscan mission in 1538. Named ‘St Louis’ after the then Viceroy of Mexico, Luis de Velasco, it has the additional Spanish potosí ‘fortune’, a reference to its location in a rich silver‐mining area.

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	SUPREME COURT GRANTS REQUEST TO HALT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PLANNED BUDGET REDUCTION FOR SAN LUIS POTOSI STATE. Magazine article from: SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico; 5/22/2002
	Cummins Filtration to Consolidate Some North American Filter Assembly in its San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Facility. Business Wire; 8/25/2009
	Hines and Grupo Valoran Announce Development of New Intermodal Industrial Park in San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Marks the Fourth Major Industrial Park Developed by Hines in Mexico. Business Wire; 6/10/2004

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