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°55′26″N 101°10′45″W
- Altitude: 360 m
- Postal code: 26960
- Area code: 861
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