State of Chihuahua

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federative entity state of Mexico

The State of Chihuahua is Mexico’s largest state by area, located in the country’s north and known for its desert landscapes, the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, and significant mining and agricultural activities.

Aliases (5)

state of Chihuahua ×2
Chihuahua (state) ×1
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Viceroyalty of New Spain ×1
Estado de Chihuahua ×1
Mexican state of Chihuahua ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federative entity → state of Mexico →
area	about 247455 square kilometers →
borders	Coahuila → Durango → New Mexico → Sinaloa → Sonora → Texas → United States →
capital	Chihuahua City →
contains	Chihuahua City → Ciudad Juárez → Copper Canyon → Delicias → Parral →
country	Mexico →
currency	Mexican peso →
governmentType	state government within federal republic →
hasBorderCity	Ciudad Juárez →
hasClimate	arid → semi-arid → temperate in highlands →
hasExecutiveHead	Governor of Chihuahua →
hasIndigenousPeople	Rarámuri → Tarahumara →
hasLegislature	Congress of Chihuahua →
hasMajorEconomicSector	agriculture → cattle ranching → manufacturing → maquiladora industry → mining →
hasMountainRange	Sierra Madre Occidental →
hasRegion	Chihuahuan Desert →
hasRiver	Conchos River → Rio Grande →
ISO3166-2	MX-CHH →
knownFor	agricultural production → desert landscapes → mining industry → mountainous terrain →
largestCity	Ciudad Juárez →
locatedIn	northern Mexico →
namedAfter	Chihuahua City →
officialLanguage	Spanish →
subdivisionOf	United Mexican States →
timeZone	Mountain Time →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Copper Canyon → Delicias →	locatedInAdministrativeEntity
Ciudad Juárez →	belongsTo
Mexican Constitution of 1824 →	createdState
Ignacio Allende ("Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Viceroyalty of New Spain") →	deathPlace
Cerro Mohinora ("state of Chihuahua") →	highestPointOf
CHH ("Mexican state of Chihuahua") →	jurisdiction
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua →	locatedInAdministrativeTerritory
Chihuahuan Desert ("state of Chihuahua") →	namedAfter
Chihuahua ("Estado de Chihuahua") →	officialName
Mexican Federal Highway 45 ("Chihuahua (state)") →	passesThrough
State of Durango →	sharesBorderWith