San Luis Potos?(state)

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''San Luis Potos?/em> is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the state. For the city, see:

STATE OF SAN LUIS POTOS?/strong>
Other Mexican States
Capital	km? Ranked 15th
Population (2000 census)	2,296,360 Ranked 16th
Governor (2003-09)	Jes? Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (PAN)
Federal Deputies (7)	PAN = 4 PRI/PVEM = 3
Federal Senators	PAN = 2 PRI = 1
ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr.	MX-SLP S.L.P.

The Mexican state of San Luis Potos?/strong> has an area of 62,848 km?. It is in the north-central part of the republic, bordered by the Mexican states of Jalisco, Guanajuato, Quer?aro, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Nuevo Le?, Coahuila, and Zacatecas. In 2003 the estimated population was 2,353,000 people.

The native peoples of the state include the Huastec and Chichimec.

In addition to the state capital

External link

• San Luis Potos?state government (in Spanish)