For much of the 18th century, Chihuahua served as the de facto capital of Nueva Vizcaya because most governors preferred to reside there rather than in Durango, the capital of the province at that time. It is also the midpoint between the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) and the then-important mining city of Hidalgo del Parral. The location was chosen because it is the intersection of the rivers Chuviscar and Sacramento. The town was erected a Villa in 1718 (or 1715) with the name of San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua, and the name was shortened in 1823. Don Ildefonso de Irigoyen donated the land for the city foundation. The city was founded on October 12, 1709, by Blas Cano de los Rios and Antonio Deza y Ulloa, a Spanish explorer, as El Real de Minas de San Francisco de Cuéllar. The name itself is older than the Spanish conquest of Mexico. It has been said that the name derives from the Nahuatl language, meaning "between two waters", other accepted definitions are "place of the holed-rock" or from Tarahumara, "dry and sandy place". The city is served by the General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport.Īntonio Deza y Ulloa, founder of Chihuahua The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras. This report also ranks Chihuahua as the most Socially Competitive city in the country. Another report about competitiveness from the CIDE organization ranks Chihuahua as the second most competitive city in the country just behind Monterrey and ahead of Mexico City. According to the UNCP report on human development, Chihuahua municipality's HDI is 0.840 as of 2015 – this is equal or higher than some Western European countries, with the literacy rate in the city among the highest in the country at 99%. Īmong cities in Mexico, the city of Chihuahua is highly ranked in human and social development. while the metropolitan area had a population of 1,036,806 inhabitants. As of 2017, the city of Chihuahua had a population of 878,062 inhabitants.
The city of Chihuahua ( Spanish pronunciation: ) is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.
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