San Juan de Sabinas Municipality

San Juan de Sabinas is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Nueva Rosita. The municipality covers an area of 735.4 km².

San Juan de Sabinas
Municipality
Coat of arms
Municipality of San Juan de Sabinas in Coahuila
San Juan de Sabinas Location in Mexico
Coordinates: 27°55′45″N 101°18′12″W
Country	Mexico
State	Coahuila
Municipal seat	Nueva Rosita
Area
• Total	735.4 km2 (283.9 sq mi)
Elevation	382 m (1,253 ft)
Population  (2005)
• Total	40,115

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 40,115.^[1]

In 1908, it was the scene of the Mina Rosita Vieja disaster, the worst disaster in Mexico's coal mining history.