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Chihuahua ,officially
the Free and Sovereign State of
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),[9] it
is slightly larger than the United
Kingdom. The state is consequently known under the nickname El
Estado Grande ("The Great State" or "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, part of the continental spine that also includes 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 RiverValley.
The etymology of the name
Chihuahua has long been disputed by historians and linguists. The most accepted
theory explains that the name was derived from the Nahuatl
language meaning "The place where the water of the rivers
meet" (i.e., "confluence", cf. Koblenz).
Chihuahua
has a diversified state economy. The three most important economic centers in
the state are: Ciudad Juárez, an international manufacturing center; Chihuahua,
the state capital; and Delicias, the state's main agriculture hub. Today
Chihuahua serves as an important commercial route prospering from billions of
dollars from international trade as a result of NAFTA. On the other hand
the state suffers the fallout of illicit trade and activities especially at the
border.
Chihuahua City is the capital of the
northwestern Mexican state of Chihuahua. It's known for the Spanish Baroque
Cathedral de Chihuahua and the 18th-century Palacio de Gobierno, a government
building where massive murals depict major Mexican historical events. The city
is also home to the eastern terminus of the Chepe railroad, which runs through
the green-tinged gorges of the Copper Canyon area.
According to TripAdvisor: The train trip is
the most spectacular in the world! Every day since 1961, El Chepe ventures into
imposing landscapes of the Sierra Tarahumara, until it reaches the area that
encompasses the most representative characteristics of the Tarahumara culture,
history and folklore; the Barrancas del Cobre, or Copper Canyon, as this region
is known worldwide.
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