Chihuahua City

Location: State of Chihuahua is located in the northern end of Mexico, on the northwestern Central Plain. It is bordered to the north and northeast of the USA, west and south of Sonora Sinaloa. mode, and southeast of the state

General Information: Chihuahua covers an area of 244,938 square kilometers, making it the largest state in Mexico. Its climate is dry to semi-arid, although there is regular rainfall and occasional extremes in temperature. The average annual temperature is 68 º F.

According to the census in 1990, the state has 2.5 million inhabitants, with the largest municipality in Ciudad Juarez, which serves as home to 800,000 Chihuahuans. Municipality of Chihuahua, about half a million inhabitants in the municipalities of Cuauhtemoc, Zaragoza, and Parral is also large population centers.

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Roads & Highways: State of Chihuahua has 10,999 kilometers of paved roads connecting the state to the rest of the country. A four-lane highway now connects the city of Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua, and runs away to cities and Cuauhtemoc Jimenez, for a total length of 463 miles. A 435-mile two-lane highway also runs from Chihuahua to Sonora. Road construction by the state government of Chihuahua is guided by a plan called "Gran Vision" which will connect the communities in the highlands with the rest of the state. This will facilitate the transport of timber and mining products and further promotion of regional development in Chihuahua.

Airports: Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua City have international airports that offer flights to other cities in Mexico and abroad. Airfields are also located in Jimenez, Camargo, Ojinaga, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Parral, and Zaragoza.

Railroads: the state can boast of an extensive rail network, with 2091 miles of road connecting the cities of Chihuahua on the U.S. border, where central Mexico, and with the modern port of Topolobampo. The Chihuahua-Pacifico railroad runs through the Urique and Copper Canyon areas.

Border Crossing: Chihuahua's seven border crossings with the United States, three of them linking the border towns of Juarez and El Paso, Texas, which is a center for large commercial, industrial and tourism. Two other bridges connecting Ciudad Juarez in the State of New Mexico: San Jeronimo-Santa Teresa, and Anapra-Sunland Park, which is in the final stages of development. The State has also the border crossing at Palomas (link to Columbus, NM) and Ojinaga (joining Presidio, TX).

Education: The state is also an important center for higher education. Major universities include the Autonomous University of Juarez, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Universidad National Pedagogica in Parral and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Autonomous University of Zaragoza, Autonomous University of Chihuahua in Zaragoza and in Juarez, and Insti Tutor Techno Logic with regional campuses in Zaragoza, Juarez , Nuevo Casas Grandes, Cuauhtemoc, and the city of Chihuahua. There are also 145 technical schools, called CBTIS and CONALEP, located across the country.

Economic Profile: According to the 1990 Census, Chihuahua has a workforce of 900,000. Forty-four percent of Chihuahua's workers are employed in trade and services, while just over a third is employed in mining and industry. Approximately twenty percent work in agriculture.

Chihuahua's annual Gross State Product (GSP) is about $ 6.2 billion euros, or about 2.9% of Mexico's total GNP. Manufacturing accounts for one third of total GSP, while trade and other services represent 53.5% of GSP. Agricultural production accounts for only 6% of the total, while the Chihuahua has the largest amount of wooded areas throughout Mexico. It is the leading producer of apples and nuts and second in the pine and oak trees nationwide. The state is also the country's leader in raising cattle and sheep. In mining, is the leading producer of non-ferrous minerals and zinc and is second nationwide in the extraction of silver.

In recent decades, Chihuahua leadership in many industries as well, including cellulose, wood moldings, and brewing beer. Modern, fully developed industrial parks with all utilities available in Ascension, Camargo, Chihuahua, Cuauhtemoc, Zaragoza, Juarez, Meoqui, Nuevo Casas Grandes, and Parral. Each of the parks are equipped with rail links, water and sewage, six-lane streets, telephone, telex, security and fire protection. Close to the industrial parks are support services such as customs posts, trucking companies, repair shops and post offices.

Another force in Chihuahua industrial development is the so-called "dual system" which involves a Mexican production facility and a U.S. administrative office. There are 390 "twin plants" in Chihuahua, they employ more than 165,000 people. Companies such as Ford, Digital Equipment, Data General has, Phillips, General Motors, Chrysler, Toshiba, Westinghouse, Zenith, RCA, General Electric and Honeywell successfully established production facilities in the state.

The city of Chihuahua is located 372 km from Juarez, 456 km from Torreon, 494 km from Monterrey, 920 km from Guadalajara, and 1455 kilometers from Mexico City.

History and Culture: Many people have been drawn by the richness of Chihuahua. For centuries inhabited two hundred strains of native Americans of this land. Perhaps most remarkable is Raramuri, a people whose rich spiritual ideology and a strong cultural identity have persevered despite the intrusion of foreign customs. While the more warlike tribes, such as Apache were overwhelmed and assimilated, passive resistance in Raramuri protected their identity. Even today Raramuri able to resist the culture chabochi (the Raramuri word for white people).

The first Spaniards who settled in this area needs much endurance to cling to a hard soil and extract taxes from mineral deposits in the mountains. They also have great courage to protect themselves against sudden and violent attacks by Apache, who felt that their freedom and their hunting activities were threatened.

From the union of these two courageous race came the modern Chihuahuan people who like the very land they live, and apparently did not know the meaning of the word "middle". All in Chihuahua is extreme: the magnificent scenery, the soaring mountains, steep cliffs, they shed canyons, the waterfalls cascading, and prohibits the deserts. All these combine to create an appropriate moment for the tenacity, perseverance, courage and faith Chihuahuan people.

Tourism: Chihuahua is a land of magnificent scenery - mountains, valleys, deserts and fresh, clean, clear air. Its spectacular canyons are the largest in North America. Canyons are beautiful waterfalls, one of which is the highest in Mexico. Chihuahua also contains fertile valleys - orchards and cropfields who were lured from the desert by the persistence of hard-working, warm, and loyal people.

Northwest of the state where Paquime ruins stand as mute witness to our rich ancestry and great pre-Hispanic culture that flourished here around 900 years ago. Today is still a large area dedicated to horticulture and cattle raising. Paquime is a sleepy town on the plains. The dream of glorious past and is proud to be the most important archaeological site in the northern part of Mexico.

Continuing with archaeological excavations, near Madera you will find "Cuarenta Casas" (the 40 houses) are built into the rock under the Mogollon era, and probably later inhabited by the original settlers Paquime.

Sister cities Casas Grandes and Nuevo Casas Grandes has modern services that will perform the most demanding tastes. But the Potters in the region makes exquisite multi-colored pottery, using ancient techniques inherited from their ancestors. Carefully handcrafted and painted, these ceramics reflect the passion for the quality of their creators. They also show the influence of the master of this school of pottery, the internationally renowned artist, Juan Quezda.

Ciudad Juarez is on the banks of the Rio Grande in the northern part of Chihuahua State, on the border of the United States. It has an extreme climate and looks like sand dunes that surround it, forever changing, always changing.

All day, in the Plaza de Armas, the wind whistles and whispers around the Spanish buildings, filling visitors with an almost overwhelming sense of history. The old beams of Guadalupe Mission, first presented in 1659, has been carefully preserved through the years. Behind the mission is the more modern cathedral, and Plaza of the Founder.

Go along the September 16th Avenue. Step between the same columns that President Benito Juarez in reaching to the customs building, now converted into a museum, jealously guarding a wagon, which belonged to the then President of Mexico, in addition to an excellent collection of documents , photos and articles of the "Paso del Norte" - the former name of Ciudad Juarez.

Passage September 16th Avenue is Juarez Avenue entrance way for our guests who came from the north. Here for a mosaic of different outlets to present the visitor with a preview of Mexican crafts.

We should not leave Ciudad Juarez, without mentioning his famous international evening shows, as well as the many sporting, cultural, social and artistic events that are celebrated here every year.

State capital, Chihuahua, Lady of the Desert, was founded by Don Antonio Deza y Ulloa at the confluence of Chuviscar and Sacramento rivers in the name of God and the King of Spain in the 1709th Its famous cathedral, whose construction lasted almost 100 years, was built using the wealth of the Santa Eulalia mines and that the indigenous skilled hands adeptly learned ability to work the quarry.

The city of Chihuahua was an important framework for the dangerous years of the Independence movement, the priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the "Founding Father Mexico", remained a prisoner in what is now the Federal Republic Palace. He was executed June 11, 1811, in the central courtyard of the Government Palace, where we keep the flame lit on the altar of freedom in the country.

The city of Chihuahua has countless architectural landmarks as the Cathedral, built of pink quarry stone so beautiful portal showing the first traces of the baroque style.

During the period of prosperity Porfirian was built beautiful palaces. Among them were Quinta Gamero, which today houses the University Cultural Center and the Regional Museum. It is a great example of Eclecticism French, one of the most important in Latin America.

During the revolution in their honor, while Gen. Francisco Villa commanded famous Division del Norte ", the" Porfirian Pax ", was convened to listen to the cries of the people for justice. We maintain the Museum of the Revolution at Quinta Luz, also known as Pancho Villa's house. The museum is the personal property of General Villa, and many illustrative historical documents.

Hidalgo de Parral, the commercial door to Sierra Madre, is a special place blessed by the people are violently loyal to wherever they may be, they forget what they proudly call the "Capital of the World" or "Center of the Universe" .

The architecture of Hidalgo del Parral is unique in the state. This was the capital of the new Biscay. As the attackers advanced through the country, much of the looting and mining wealth back through the Parral. These days, people Parral are known for their hospitality. They have even enthusiasm for people interested in their history, chapters that are enriched with stories of men such as General Francisco Villa, leader of the "Division del Norte".

And a history forged by great men, Chihuahua the most scenic engineering work in Mexico: the railroad line from Chihuahua to the Pacific Ocean. Rail sector winds past the jagged rocks of the Sierra Madre, and hug the edge of the Canon del Cobre (Copper Canyon), which is twice as large as the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Copper Canyon is actually the collective term for a union of several deep, spectacular gorges, and this train ride offers visitors many opportunities for both conventional and adventure tourism. There are hotel facilities on the key points of the journey - Creel, Divisadero, Bahuichivo and Temoris.

In the southern part of the state, is associated with a stunning four-lane highway, you will find the cities Delicias, Camargo and Jimenez, who all have something in common: they offer visitors beautiful places, water sports, good hotels and restaurants where you can enjoy delicious fried fish.

Places:

Copper Canyon:

Copper Canyon, the network of canyons in southwestern Chihuahua inhabited by the Tarahumara Indians are larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon. Copper Canyon's biggest attraction is Candamena Canyon (Canyon of the Cascades), which attracts tourists from all over to see its majestic waterfalls. Piedra Volada (Flying Stone) Falls at 453 meters (1,486 feet) is the highest in Mexico and the 11 highest in the world. Basaseachic Falls are the second highest waterfall in Mexico and the 28 highest in the world.

Chihuahua City:

Chihuahua City, the capital of the state, was originally named San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua. Today it is affectionately called Lady of the Desert. The city was founded in 1709 and is now home to a mix of colonial architecture and modern industry.

The Government Palace was the founder of Mexico, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, was imprisoned. He was executed in the central courtyard, 11 Jun 1811th

Quinta Luz (also known as Pancho Villa's House), a 50-room mansion located in Chihuahua City, has been transformed into the Museum of the Revolution.

Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway:

In 1861, predicted Albert Kinsey Owen, a rail link through the Sierra Madre, which will reduce the shipping route from the United States through South America and on to the Orient. By taking advantage of Mexico's deep-water port in Puerto Topolobompo would trade routes fell by about 400 miles. Kansas City Mexico Orient Railway (KCMO) was to travel from Kansas, through Chihuahua and on the west coast of Mexico. Because of the many setbacks - including the Mexican Revolution of 1914 - the rail system took almost 100 years to complete. Today, the railroad, known as the Chihuahua al Pacifico, or El Chepe run from the coast into the deep canyons of Chihuahua's Copper Canyon system.

Casas Grandes (Paquime):

Casas Grandes, located in the northern part of the state, is the most important archaeological zone in Chihuahua. The Great Puebloan society Paquime was in the middle of the Casas Grandes culture in more than 300 years, and reached the top of its power in the 13th century. It is believed that the population reached 10,000 in the city where most inhabitants live in five-and six-story "apartment" buildings. With small T-shaped doors, one ceremonial area, temple structures, a ball court, ceremonial pyramids and a cross-shaped mound with a perfect astronomical orientation Paquime ruins spark wonder and admiration.