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Ciudad Juárez
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ciudad Juarez, Cd. Juárez, Cd. Juarez, Juárez, Juarez, Juárez City, Juarez City
municipal seat of Juárez, State of Chihuahua, Mexico
Ciudad Juárez is a major city in northern Mexico located in the state of Chihuahua, serving as the administrative center of the Juárez municipality. It is strategically important due to its position on the U.S.-Mexico border, making it a significant hub for trade, transportation, and cross-border activity between the two countries.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Part of
- Mexico–United States border
- Named after
- Benito Juárez
- Demonym
- Juarense
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Juárez Municipality
- Continent
- North America
- Population
- 1321004
- Area
- 321.19
- Elevation
- 1137
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Body of water
- Rio Grande
- Capital of
- Juárez Municipality
- Official website
- www.juarez.gob.mx
- Image
- Juarez montage.jpg
- Dialing code
- 657
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- twinned administrative body
- Las Cruces
- Commons category
- Ciudad Juárez
- topic's main category
- Category:Ciudad Juárez
- inception
- 1659-01-01
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Ciudad Juárez
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ciudad Juárez
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ciudad Juárez
- Commons gallery
- Ciudad Juárez
- postal code
- 32000
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Encyclopedic overview
Ciudad Juárez ( US: /sjuːˌdɑːd ˈhwɑːrɛz/ sew-DAHD HWAR-ez; Spanish: [sjuˈðað ˈxwaɾes] ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan: Tsé Táhú'ayá), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It was known until 1888 as El Paso del Norte ("The North Pass").
It is the seat of the Juárez Municipality with an estimated metropolitan population of 2.5 million people. Juárez lies on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), south of El Paso, Texas, United States. Together with the surrounding areas, the cities form El Paso–Juárez, the second largest binational metropolitan area on the Mexico–U.S. border (after San Diego–Tijuana), with a combined population of over 3.4 million people.
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