San Luis Potosi Resources

The State of San Luis Potosí

The varied state of San Luis Potosí, covering an area of 62,848 square kilometers, has an altitude ranging from 100 meters in the low-lying areas to the east to an average of 2,000 meters in the high western desert lands.

San Luis Potosi, Mexico San Luis Potosí comprises 58 municipal districts, with the capital seated in the city of the same name situated in the high desert.

To the east of the Sierra Madre Oriental lies what is known as the Huasteca - one of the jewels of Mexico, rich in water resources, fertile lands and semi-tropical forests - truly the other side of San Luis's coin.

Traveling in San Luis Potosí

In San Luis, particularly on routes in the western desert regions such as Highway 57 that runs from Mexico City through the city of San Luis Potosí and on to Matehuala and Monterrey, there is heavy large truck traffic, but

too, these roads through the desert areas are quite straight and constantly being upgraded and improved in order to accommodate the movement of goods and vehicles to and from the border. The Ministry of Transportation has also posted useful maps along many of Mexico's major routes, illustrating the condition of the roads - these maps appear to be kept fairly well updated.

The smaller roads of the Huasteca area and those that are off the beaten path in the rest of the state can be deceptive when just viewed on the map - the distances may not add up to much on paper, but once you're on those out-of-the-way routes you may often find them pitted, curvy, dusty and full of topes (traffic bumps), making your road time seem to have nothing at all to do with what those little mileage numbers were telling you.

San Luis Potosí is definitely a state with adventuresome side-trips that are well worth your time and effort, but while you're planning your travels, do take into consideration that you may just have to content yourself with getting to your next goal... well... mañana.

Places of Note to visit in San Luis Potosi

San Luis Potosi Links

Agrarian Warlord: Saturnino Cedillo and the Mexican Revolution in San Luis Potosi, 1890-1940...