Chihuahua

Chihuahua officially Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua, is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Its capital city is Chihuahua.

It is located in Northwestern Mexico. It 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 line with the U.S.–Mexico border adjacent to the U.S. states of New Mexico and Texas.

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

Although Chihuahua is primarily identified with the Chihuahuan Desert for namesake, it has more forests than any other state in Mexico. 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, 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.

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.

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.

Chihuahua is the second largest and most populous city in the state. In the town there are 4 major dams, 3 within city limits, these are Chihuahua, Chuviscar, The Rejon, and San Marcos dam. The extreme climate, the coldest month is January, when it is common at night temperatures are reached between 5 and -5 ° C. By their ethnic and historical, Chihuahua combines traditions and values of the indigenous cultures that inhabited this area, with a growing mixed culture in one of the largest industrial and agricultural development of Mexico. The walk along the Chihuahua al Pacifico Railroad regarded as one of the works most relevant railway engineering the world and a spectacular and unforgettable experience. Through the Sierra Madre and valleys of Sinaloa in the Gulf of California, this transport is the only one that crosses the Sierra Madre, apart from the road between the city of Durango with the Port of Mazatlan, in the state Sinaloa

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