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The city was Mexico's largest border town by 1910. As such, it held strategic importance during the Mexican Revolution . In May 1911, about 3,000 revolutionary fighters under the leadership of Francisco I. Madero laid siege to Ciudad Juárez, which was garrisoned by 500 regular Federal troops under the command of General Juan José Navarro.
El Paso, Texas and Paso del Norte, Mexico, Business Directory, 1885 – via University of Texas at El Paso "Ciudad Juarez" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 401. Daniel D. Arreola; James R. Curtis (1994). The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1441-0.
The strongest population growth occurred between 1950 and 1960. In 1969, Plaza Universidad shopping mall opened, Mexico City's first shopping center anchored by a department store. [31] Since 1970, the population has continued to grow but slower, today ranking between fourth and fifth place in population in Mexico City. [30]
Miguel Hidalgo and Benito Juarez sectors are two of the main celebration points in Mexico City. In Benito Juarez sector, activities start with an official ceremony to Mexico's national flag. At night the sector's governor made the traditional "grito de independencia" to recall the memory of Mexican independence heroes.
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Hospital Juarez in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City: opened in 1847 and still functioning. Here started one of the most famous Mexican ghost stories: the legend of La Planchada, a spirit of an early 20th-century female nurse who haunts the hospital. [52] This ghost has also been seen in several other hospitals around Mexico.
The Villas de Salvárcar massacre occurred in Villas de Salvárcar, Ciudad Juárez, on January 31, 2010, early in the morning. 16 young people died. [1] Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera of the El Paso Times stated that the event "brought attention to the city's social problems" and "caused outrage in Mexico because of the brutality.".
Language attitudes and language use in Cd. Juarez, Mexico. Center for Inter-American and Border Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. Let's Go Inc. (2003). Let's Go Southwest USA Adventure (3rd ed.). MacMillan. ISBN 978-0-312-31998-4. Michie, Donald A. (1992). El Paso, Juarez and Las Cruces Fact Book. El Paso, TX: The University of ...