Cloete

Cloete or San José de Cloete is a coal-mining town in the municipality of Sabinas, in the Mexican state of Coahuila.

It was founded in the late 19th century by William Broderick Cloete, a British mine-owner. It adopted his name following his death in the sinking of RMS Lusitania in 1915.

In the 2005 INEGI Census it reported a population of 3,977.

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 * 27.92389°N, -101.17917°W
 * Altitude: 360 m
 * Postal code: 26960
 * Area code: 861