La Laguna, the Cardenche Maraton de Montaña 2008 region

La Laguna is the 9th metropolitan area in Mexico. Located in Northern Mexico, it comprises 16 cities, bordering the States of Coahuila and Durango in a 18,000 square miles land, with 3 main cities considered as the Metropolitan Area: Torreón, Coahuila, Gómez Palacio and Ciudad Lerdo, Durango with a greater population of over 1’200,000.

This semidesertic area is named Laguna (Lagoon) because of the lagoons formed by the rivers Nazas and Aguanaval. The main one was named “Mayran Lagoon”. Nowadays there are dams which regulate the flow of both rivers, and the lagoons no longer exist.

Cities in Coahuila:
Torreón
Matamoros
San Pedro de las Colonias
Francisco I. Madero
Viesca

Cities in Durango:
Gómez Palacio
Lerdo
Tlahualilo de Zaragoza
Mapimí
San Pedro del Gallo
San Luis del Cordero
Rodeo
Nazas
Cuencamé de Ceniceros
General Simón Bolívar
San Juan de Guadalupe

At the Laguna Region, the main population cities are Torreon, Gómez Palacio and Ciudad Lerdo.

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