Chihuahua (Spaingie pronunciation: [tʃiˈwawa]) offeecially Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua (Scots: Free an Sovereign State o Chihuahua) is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. Its caipital ceety is Chihuahua.
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Chihuahua
Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua |
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State |
 Banner  Seal |
| Eik-name(s): El Estado Grande (The Big State) |
| Motto(s): Valentía, Lealtad, Hospitalidad
(Bravery, Lyalty, Hospitality) |
| Anthem: Himno del Estado de Chihuahua |
 State o Chihuahua athin Mexico |
| Coordinates: 28°48′51″N 106°26′22″W |
| Kintra | Mexico |
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| Caipital | Chihuahua |
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| Lairgest Ceety | Ciudad Juárez |
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| Municipalities | 67 |
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| Admission | July 6, 1824[1] |
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| Order | 18t |
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| Govrenment |
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| • Govrenor | César Duarte Jáquez |
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| • Senators[2] | José Antonio Badía
Ramón Galindo
Fernando Baeza |
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| • Deputies[3] |
Federal Deputies
- • Luis Campos Villegas
- • Alejandro Cano Ricaud
- • Jaime Flores Castañeda
- • Guillermo Márquez
- • Maurilio Ochoa Millán
- • Graciela Ortiz González
- • Guadalupe Pérez
- • Adriana Terrazas Porras
- • Ana Georgina Zapata
- • Velia Idalia Aguilar
- • Javier Corral Jurado
- • Arturo García Portillo
- • María Antonieta Pérez
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| Area |
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| • Total | 247455 km2 (95,543 sq mi) |
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| | Ranked 1st |
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| Highest elevation | 3300 m (10,800 ft) |
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| Population |
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| • Total | 3,406,465 |
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| • Rank | 11th |
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| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
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| • Density rank | 29t |
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| Demonym(s) | Chihuahuense |
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| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
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| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
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| Postal code | 31, 33 |
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| Area code |
Area codes
- • 614
- • 621
- • 625
- • 626
- • 627
- • 628
- • 629
- • 635
- • 636
- • 639
- • 648
- • 649
- • 652
- • 656
- • 659
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| ISO 3166 code | MX-CHH |
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| HDI | 0.857 high Ranked 6th |
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| GDP | US$ 20,287,214.21 mil[a] |
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| Website | Official Web Site |
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| ^ a. The state's GDP was 259,676,342 million of pesos in 2009,[6] amount corresponding to 20,287,214.21 millon of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).[7] |
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It is locatit in Northwastren Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o Sonora tae the wast, Sinaloa tae the soothwast, Durango tae the sooth, an Coahuila tae the east. Tae the north an northeast, it haes a lang line wi the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent tae the U.S. states o New Mexico an Texas.
Chihuahua is the lairgest state in Mexico bi aurie, wi a mainland aurie o 247,455 square kilometre (95,543 sq mi),[4] it is slichtly lairger than the Unitit Kinrick. It is consequently kent unner the nickname El Estado Grande ("The Big State").
The etymology o the name Chihuahua haes lang been disputit bi historians an linguists. The maist acceptit theory explains that the name wis derivit frae the Nahuatl leid meanin "The place whaur the watter o the rivers meet".
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