Ciudad Juárez

Also known as Ciudad Juarez, Cd. Juárez, Cd. Juarez, Juárez, Juarez, Juárez City, Juarez City

municipal seat of Juárez, State of Chihuahua, Mexico

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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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Vinony's link graph records 1,903 inbound references to Ciudad Juárez, and connects out to desert climate, El Paso and Chihuahua City.

The entry is geolocated on the map in CHH.

Vinony files it under 1659 establishments in New Spain, Camino Real de Tierra Adentro and Chihuahua (state) populated places on the Rio Grande.

Vinony links it to 80 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Demonym: Juarense
Population: 1321004
Area: 321.19
Elevation: 1137
Official website: www.juarez.gob.mx
Image: Juarez montage.jpg
Dialing code: 657

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Commons category: Ciudad Juárez
inception: 1659-01-01
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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ciudad Juárez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.