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Chihuahua State

Chihuahua
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua
Flag of Chihuahua
Flag
Official seal of Chihuahua
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Nickname(s): El Estado Grande (The Big State)
Motto: Valentía, Lealtad, Hospitalidad
(Bravery, Loyalty, Hospitality)
Anthem: Himno del Estado de Chihuahua
State of Chihuahua within Mexico
State of Chihuahua within Mexico
Coordinates: 28°49′N 106°26′W / 28.817°N 106.433°W / 28.817; -106.433Coordinates: 28°49′N 106°26′W / 28.817°N 106.433°W / 28.817; -106.433
Country Mexico
Capital Chihuahua
Largest City Ciudad Juárez
Municipalities 67
Admission July 6, 1824
Order 18th
Government
 • Governor Javier Corral Jurado PAN
 • Senators Patricio Martínez PRI
Lilia Guadalupe Merodio PRI
Sylvia Leticia Martínez Elizondo PAN
 • Deputies
Area
 • Total 247,460 km2 (95,540 sq mi)
  Ranked 1st
Highest elevation 3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Population (2015)
 • Total 3,556,574
 • Rank 11th
 • Density 14/km2 (37/sq mi)
 • Density rank 29th
Demonym(s) Chihuahuense
Time zone MST (UTC−7)
 • Summer (DST) MDT (UTC−6)
Postal code 31, 33
Area code
ISO 3166 code MX-CHH
HDI Increase 0.744 high Ranked 18th
GDP US$ 20.287 billion (2009)
Website Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP was 259,676,342,000 pesos in 2009, amount corresponding to 20,287,214,218.80 dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).

Chihuahua (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃiˈwawa]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Its capital city is Chihuahua City.

It is located in Northwestern 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. To the north and northeast, it has a long border with the U.S. adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas.

Chihuahua is the largest state in Mexico by area, with an area of 247,455 square kilometres (95,543 sq mi), it is slightly larger than the United Kingdom. The state is consequently known under the nickname El Estado Grande ("The Big State").

Although Chihuahua is primarily identified with the Chihuahuan Desert for namesake, it has more forests than any other state in Mexico, with the exception of Durango. Due to its variant climate, the state has a large variety of fauna and flora. The state is mostly characterized by rugged mountainous terrain and wide river valleys. The Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, an extension of the Rocky Mountains, dominates the state's terrain and is home to the state's greatest attraction, Las Barrancas del Cobre, or Copper Canyon, a canyon system larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon. On the slope of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains (around the regions of Casas Grandes, Cuauhtémoc and Parral), there are vast prairies of short yellow grass, the source of the bulk of the state's agricultural production. Most of the inhabitants live along the Rio Grande Valley and the Conchos River Valley.


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