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Ciudad Acuña

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Ciudad Acuña, also known simply as Acuña, (originally Garza Galán, later Villa Acuña) is a city located in the Mexican state of Coahuila, at and a mean height above sea level of 271 meters. [1]

65 relations: Acuña Municipality, Adan Canto, Administrative divisions of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, Amistad Dam, Amistad Reservoir, Border blaster, Border control, Brothel, Carlos Gallardo (actor), Central Time Zone, Ciudad Acuña International Airport, CNN, Coahuila, Comma-separated values, Death Proof, Del Río–Ciudad Acuña International Bridge, Del Rio, Texas, Demonym, Desperado (film), Dwight D. Eisenhower, El Mariachi, Fujita scale, George Strait, Governor of Coahuila, Grindhouse (film), Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Instituto Mexicano de la Radio, John R. Brinkley, José María Garza Galán, Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing, Laughlin Air Force Base, Like Water for Chocolate (film), Love and a .45, Lyndon B. Johnson, Manuel Acuña, Mexico, Mexico–United States border, Micropolitan statistical area, National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Neighbourhood, No Country for Old Men (film), President of Mexico, President of the United States, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Nixon, Rio Grande, Robert Earl Keen, Rolling Thunder (film), Saltillo, ..., San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District, Settlement classification in Mexico, Steve Earle, Strait Country, Texas, Time in Mexico, U.S. state, United States, United States Census Bureau, Wade Bowen, Wolfman Jack, XER-AM, XHRF-FM, ZZ Top, 2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak. Expand index (15 more) »

Acuña Municipality

Acuña is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico.

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Adan Canto

Adan Canto (born December 5, 1981) is a Mexican actor.

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Administrative divisions of Mexico

The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic composed of 31 states and the capital, Mexico City, an autonomous entity on par with the states.

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Adolfo López Mateos

Adolfo López Mateos (26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) who served as President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964.

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Amistad Dam

Amistad Dam (Spanish: Presa la Amistad) is a major embankment dam across the Rio Grande between Texas, United States and Coahuila, Mexico.

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Amistad Reservoir

Amistad Reservoir (Presa Amistad) is a reservoir on the Rio Grande at its confluence with the Devils River northwest of Del Rio, Texas.

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Border blaster

A border blaster is a broadcast station that, though not licensed as an external service, is, in practice, used to target another country.

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Border control

Border controls are measures taken by a country to monitor or regulate its borders.

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Brothel

A brothel or bordello is a place where people engage in sexual activity with prostitutes, who are sometimes referred to as sex workers.

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Carlos Gallardo (actor)

Carlos Gallardo is a Mexican actor, producer and occasional screenwriter and director, and frequent collaborator with his friend, director Robert Rodriguez.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, some Caribbean Islands, and part of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Ciudad Acuña International Airport

Ciudad Acuña International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional de Ciudad Acuña) is an airport serving Ciudad Acuña, a city in the Coahuila state in México.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Coahuila

Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza (Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico.

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Comma-separated values

In computing, a comma-separated values (CSV) file is a delimited text file that uses a comma to separate values.

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Death Proof

Death Proof is a 2007 American exploitation horror film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

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Del Río–Ciudad Acuña International Bridge

The Del Río-Ciudad Acuña International Bridge is an international bridge which crosses the Rio Grande connecting the United States-Mexico border cities of Del Rio, Texas and Ciudad Acuña.

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Del Rio, Texas

Del Rio is a city in and the county seat of Val Verde County, Texas.

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Demonym

A demonym (δῆμος dẽmos "people, tribe", ὄόνομα ónoma "name") is a word that identifies residents or natives of a particular place, which is derived from the name of that particular place.

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Desperado (film)

Desperado is a 1995 American contemporary western action film written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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El Mariachi

El Mariachi is a 1992 Mexican-American contemporary western action film and the first installment in the saga that came to be known as Robert Rodriguez's Mexico Trilogy.

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Fujita scale

The Fujita scale (F-Scale), or Fujita–Pearson scale (FPP scale), is a scale for rating tornado intensity, based primarily on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures and vegetation.

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George Strait

George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and music producer.

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Governor of Coahuila

List of Governors of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila de Zaragoza, since its establishment as the province of Nueva Extremadura in Northern New Spain, later province of Coahuila and Texas, and Coahuila as a Mexican state.

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Grindhouse (film)

Grindhouse is a 2007 American horror film double feature co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.

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Gustavo Díaz Ordaz

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños (12 March 1911 – 15 July 1979) was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).

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Instituto Mexicano de la Radio

The Instituto Mexicano de la Radio (English: "Mexican Radio Institute") is a Mexican public broadcaster, akin to National Public Radio in the US.

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John R. Brinkley

John Romulus Brinkley (later John Richard Brinkley; July 8, 1885 – May 26, 1942) was an American who fraudulently claimed to be a medical doctor (he had no legitimate medical education and bought his medical degree from a "diploma mill") who became known as the "goat-gland doctor" after he achieved national fame, international notoriety and great wealth through the xenotransplantation of goat testicles into humans.

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José María Garza Galán

José María Garza Galán (November 6, 1846 in Múzquiz, Coahuila – October 7, 1902 in Monterrey, Nuevo León) was a Mexican politician.

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Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing

The Lake Amistad Dam International Crossing is a dam that serves as an international bridge which crosses the Rio Grande south of Lake Amistad.

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Laughlin Air Force Base

Laughlin Air Force Base is a facility of the United States Air Force located in Del Rio, Texas.

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Like Water for Chocolate (film)

Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como Agua Para Chocolate) is a 1992 Mexican film in the style of magical realism based on the popular novel, published in 1989 by first-time Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel.

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Love and a .45

Love and a.45 is a 1994 road movie starring Gil Bellows and Renée Zellweger.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

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Manuel Acuña

Manuel Acuña Narro (27 August 1849 – 6 December 1873) was a 19th-century Mexican writer.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Mexico–United States border

The Mexico–United States border is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean to the west and Gulf of Mexico to the east.

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Micropolitan statistical area

United States micropolitan statistical areas (µSA, where the initial Greek letter mu represents "micro-"), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), are labor market areas in the United States centered on an urban cluster (urban area) with a population of at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 people.

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National Institute of Statistics and Geography

The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Statistical and Geographical Information of the country.

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Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood (British English), or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences), is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area.

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No Country for Old Men (film)

No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-western neo-noir thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's novel No Country for Old Men.

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President of Mexico

The President of Mexico (Presidente de México), officially known as the President of the United Mexican States (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and government of Mexico.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American director, writer, and actor.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until 1974, when he resigned from office, the only U.S. president to do so.

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Rio Grande

The Rio Grande (or; Río Bravo del Norte, or simply Río Bravo) is one of the principal rivers in the southwest United States and northern Mexico (the other being the Colorado River).

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Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen (born January 11, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and entertainer.

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Rolling Thunder (film)

Rolling Thunder is a 1977 American neo-noir action crime thriller drama film directed by John Flynn, produced by Norman T. Herman, and written by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould, based on a story by Schrader.

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Saltillo

Saltillo is the capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name.

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San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District

San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District (SFDR-CISD) is a school district based in Del Rio, Texas (USA).

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Settlement classification in Mexico

Mexico's states classify their settlements in a variety of fashions.

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Steve Earle

Stephen Fain Earle (born January 17, 1955) is an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor.

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Strait Country

Strait Country is the debut studio album by American country music artist George Strait, released on September 4, 1981 by MCA Records.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Time in Mexico

Mexico uses four main time zones since February 2015.

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U.S. state

A state is a constituent political entity of the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB; officially the Bureau of the Census, as defined in Title) is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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Wade Bowen

Wade Bowen is an American Texas Country/Red Dirt singer from Waco, Texas.

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Wolfman Jack

Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack (January 21, 1938 – July 1, 1995), was an American disc jockey.

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XER-AM

XER (1932–1933) are the call letters of a famous border-blaster radio station licensed to Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, upon license application of John R. Brinkley of the U.S. state of Kansas.

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XHRF-FM

XHRF-FM is a radio station in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila.

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ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas.

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2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak

Preceded by more than a week of heavy rain, a slow-moving storm system dropped tremendous precipitation across much of Texas and Oklahoma during the nights of May 24–26, 2015, triggering record-breaking floods.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Acuña

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