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Welcome to Melchor Muzquiz!

Surrounded by spectacular mountain landscapes, Muzquiz is a beautiful and traditional mining city located 130 km north of Monclova in the State of Coahuila, Mexico.

In the history of Muzquiz, the Kickapoo Indians played an important role. They settled in Coahuila in 1850 as border guardians in exchange for the land where they now live near Muzquiz, in a place known as "Nacimiento". They make leather items, beadwork, and laminated metal products.

In 1674, Father Juan Larios founded the first mission of the east valley with the name Santa Rosa de Santa Maria.

Due to native Indian’s savagery, the royal prison Santa Rosa Maria del Sacramento was founded in 1735.

In 1850, the community has been established as “Villa de Muzquiz”, in memory of the acting president of the Republic and native of this area, General Melchor Muzquiz. In 1925, it has been risen to the category of “city” with its current name.

At the center of the city is Main Plaza, the best place to taste raspas (snow cones) and nieve de garrafa (ice cream). A gazebo and the Municipal Library are located within the plaza as well as some benches preserved from the beginning of the twentieth century. Also locates here is “Santa Rosa de Lima Church”, a beautiful stone building that construction began in 1939 and was dedicated in 1965. The magnitude of this architectural work, cataloged as one of the most notable in the state, is increased by the fact that its construction was funded from the sale of tamales and alms.




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