For a list of other similarly named places, see Sacramento. Sacramento is a town in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The city serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
Sacramento is located at 27°00′13″N 101°43′29″W / 27.00361, -101.72472 in the state's central region (Región Centro), some 250 km north of state capital Saltillo, and some 50 km north-west of former state capital Monclova, on Federal Highway 30. The municipality, covering 168.90 km², had 2,011 inhabitants in 2000.
It was founded in 1842 as Villa Nueva. It is believed to changed its name to Sacramento ("sacrament") to honour a visit by Fr. Miguel Hidalgo during which he officiated a mass.
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