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Chihuahua, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua, [b] is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico.It is located in the northwestern part of Mexico and is bordered by the states of Sonora to the west, Sinaloa to the southwest, Durango to the south, and Coahuila to the east.
The city of Chihuahua or Chihuahua City (Spanish: Ciudad de Chihuahua [sjuˈða(ð) ðe tʃiˈwawa]; Lipan: Ją’éłąyá) is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. [4] [1] As of 2020, the city of Chihuahua had a population of 925,762 inhabitants. [2] while the metropolitan area had a population of 988,065 inhabitants. [2]
According to the 2020 Mexican census, Chihuahua is the 12th most populous state with 3,741,869 inhabitants and the largest by land area spanning 247,798.08 square kilometres (95,675.37 sq mi). [1] [2] Municipalities in Chihuahua are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. [3]
Chihuahua is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat is the city of Chihuahua, which is also the capital of the state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 819,543, [1] up from 758,791 in 2005. It covers an area of 9,219.30 km 2.
The City of Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico is divided mainly into areas called Colonias, which incorporate residential and commercial elements. Small general stores called abarrotes , which are ' Mom-and-Pop ' operations, may be found in most neighbourhoods, along with other small businesses.
Governance and Society in Colonial Mexico: Chihuahua in the Eighteenth Century. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-4168-2. Published in the 21st century. Edwina Antonia Clark (2003). "Rails to Chihuahua: A Letter from Edwin Lyon Dean, September 22, 1882". Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 107 (1): 96– 105. JSTOR 30239426.
Abbreviations of Mexican federative entities Federative entity Conventional abbreviation 2-letter code* 3-letter code (ISO 3166-2:MX)Region Aguascalientes Ags. AG: MX-AGU: North-Central
Chihuahua may refer to: Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state Chihuahua (dog breed), a breed of dog named after the state; Queso Chihuahua, a type of cheese originating in the state; Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state; Chihuahua Municipality, the municipality surrounding the city; Chihuahuan Desert, the second largest desert in North ...