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    Piedras Negras (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpjeðɾas ˈneɣɾas] ) is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of...
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  • Piedras Negras may refer to: Piedras Negras, Coahuila, a city in the state of Coahuila, Mexico Piedras Negras Municipality, a municipality in Mexico,...
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    17°10′0″N 91°15′45″W / 17.16667°N 91.26250°W / 17.16667; -91.26250 Piedras Negras is the modern name for a ruined city of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization...
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    Piedras Negras International Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional de Piedras Negras) (IATA: PDS, ICAO: MMPG) is an international airport located...
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    Piedras Negras Municipality is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Piedras Negras. The municipality...
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    The Eagle Pass–Piedras Negras International Bridge is an international bridge that crosses the Rio Grande and connects the United States-Mexico border...
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    largest is Monclova (a former state capital); the fourth largest is Piedras Negras; and the fifth largest is Ciudad Acuña. The name Coahuila derives from...
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    customers at the Victory Club restaurant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila. Nachos originated in the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila in Mexico, across the border...
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    the U.S.-Mexico border between the cities of Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Coahuila. The U.S. portion is owned and operated by Union Pacific Railroad...
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  • club was founded in the late 1950s as Deportivo Tepic and is based in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. The club was founded on July 19, 1959 by Francisco...
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    borders the city of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, which is to the southwest and across the Rio Grande. The Eagle Pass-Piedras Negras metropolitan area...
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  • Piedras Negras is a district of the Mora canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Piedras Negras has an area of 14.84 km2 and an elevation of 505...
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    hieroglyphic inscriptions on the stelae of the Classic period site of Piedras Negras played a key part in the decipherment of the script, with stelae being...
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    Haʼ Kʼin Xook (category Kings of Piedras Negras)
    pronunciation: [haʔ kʼin ʃoːk]), also known as Ruler 6, was an ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic...
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    Ignacio Anaya (category People from Piedras Negras, Coahuila)
    Mexico on 15 August 1895, he worked at the Victory Club restaurant in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, a restaurant close to the US border and popular with...
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  • University of Pennsylvania. He is well known for his works at Caracol, Piedras Negras, Cahal Pech and Benque Viejo (Xunantunich). Satterthwaite was born in...
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  • A border blaster is a broadcast station that, though not licensed as an external service, is, in practice, used to target another country. The term "border...
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    powerful Maya states along the course of the Usumacinta River, with Piedras Negras as its major rival. Architectural styles in subordinate sites in the...
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  • Kʼinich Yat Ahk II (category Kings of Piedras Negras)
    pronunciation: [kʼinitʃ jat akh]), also known as Ruler 7, was the last ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic...
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    Kʼinich Yoʼnal Ahk I (category Kings of Piedras Negras)
    ahk]), also known as Ruler 1 (died February 3, 639 AD), was an ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic...
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    Eagle Pass in 1850. That same year, a Mexican garrison established Piedras Negras across the border. Freight operator Friedrich Wilhelm Carl Groos secured...
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  • August 25, 1960, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. Espinoza was born on August 25, 1960, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico....
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  • 18, 701 – November 26, 757), also known as Ruler 4, was an ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic...
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    1936–1937, she took part in two seasons of an archaeological expedition to Piedras Negras (Guatemala). In 1939, she made scientific trips to Copán and Chichen...
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  • Radiodifusora de Piedras Negras (Piedras Negras Broadcasting Company). The callsign changed to XELO in 1936, authorized for 50 kW day from Piedras Negras but on...
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    known for producing a deadly tornado that struck the border cities of Piedras Negras, Coahuila (rated F4), and Eagle Pass, Texas (rated EF3), along the United...
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    Itzam Kʼan Ahk I (category Kings of Piedras Negras)
    pronunciation: [itsam kʼan ahk]), also known as Ruler 2, was an ajaw of Piedras Negras, an ancient Maya settlement in Guatemala. He ruled during the Late Classic...
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    1896. The first carriage bridge connecting Eagle Pass, Texas, with Piedras Negras, Coahuila (then known as Ciudad Porfirio Díaz) was built in April 1890...
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    where it continues into Piedras Negras, Coahuila, as Mexican Federal Highway 57. US 57 begins at the Eagle Pass – Piedras Negras International Bridge in...
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    Ahk II, the ajaw (or king) of Piedras Negras, Maya city in Guatemala. Her image appears on stelae 1 and 3 of Piedras Negras. She is also referenced on a...
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