Chihuahua (state)
Chihuahua Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua | |
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| 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 / 28.81417°N 106.43944°W | |
| Kintra | Mexico |
| Caipital | Chihuahua |
| Lairgest Ceety | Ciudad Juárez |
| Municipalities | 67 |
| Admission | July 6, 1824[1] |
| Order | 18t |
| Govrenment | |
| • Govrenor | César Duarte Jáquez .svg){kind=logo} |
| • Senators[2] | José Antonio Badía .svg){kind=logo} Ramón Galindo Fernando Baeza |
| • Deputies[3] | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 247455 km2 (95,543 sq mi) |
| Ranked 1st | |
| Highest elevation | 3300 m (10,800 ft) |
| Population (2010)[6] | |
| • Total | 3,406,465 |
| • Rank | 11th |
| • Density | 14/km2 (36/sq mi) |
| • Density rank | 29t |
| Demonym(s) | Chihuahuense |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| Postal code | 31, 33 |
| Area code | |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-CHH |
| HDI |  0.857 high Ranked 6th |
| GDP | US$ 20,287,214.21 mil[a] |
| Website | Official Web Site |
| ^ 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] | |
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.
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".
Admeenistrative diveesions
[eedit | eedit soorce]Chihuahua is subdividit intae 67 municipios (municipalities).
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Las Diputaciones Provinciales" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 15.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
- ↑ "Senadores por Chihuahua LXI Legislatura". Senado de la Republica. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ↑ "Listado de Diputados por Grupo Parlamentario del Estado de Chihuahua". Camara de Diputados. Archived frae the original on 7 Januar 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ↑ a b "Resumen". Cuentame INEGI. Archived frae the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ↑ "Relieve". Cuentame INEGI. Archived frae the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ↑ a b "Mexico en Cifras". INEGI. Retrieved 9 Apryle 2011.
- ↑ "Reporte: Jueves 3 de Junio del 2010. Cierre del peso mexicano". www.pesomexicano.com.mx. Archived frae the original on 7 Julie 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- (in Spaingie) Chihuahua state govrenment
- (in Spaingie) Secretariat of Industrial Development of Chihuahua State Government Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spaingie) Chihuahua's municipal governments Archived 2007-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Spaingie) Chihuahua photos Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Encyclopaedia Britannica, Chihuahua
- (in Inglis) Chihuahuan Frontier Archived 2011-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
