Aguascalientes: Mexican state
Aguascalientes is a state in Mexico that is in the center of the country.
Its state capital is the city of Aguascalientes. The state's name means "hot waters" in Spanish. People gave it this name because there are many hot springs in the area. The adjective for Aguascalientes is hidrocálido, because hidro means water and cálido means hot.
Aguascalientes Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes | |
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| Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes | |
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| Motto(s): Bona Terra, Bona Gens, Aqua Clara, Clarum Coelum(Good Earth, Good People, Clear Water, Clear Sky) | |
.svg) State of Aguascalientes within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 22°1′N 102°21′W / 22.017°N 102.350°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Capital (and largest city) | Aguascalientes City |
| Municipalities | 11 |
| Admission | February 5, 1857 |
| Order | 24th |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Tere Jiménez .svg){kind=logo} |
| • Senators | .svg){kind=logo} Martha Cecilia Márquez Alvarado Juan Antonio Martín del Campo.svg){kind=logo} Daniel Gutiérrez Castorena |
| • Deputies | Federal Deputies |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,617.80 km2 (2,169.04 sq mi) |
| Ranked 29th | |
| Highest elevation | 3,050 m (10,010 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 1,312,544 |
| • Rank | 27th |
| • Density | 230/km2 (610/sq mi) |
| • Rank | 4th |
| Demonym | Hidrocálido (a) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 20 |
| Area code | Area codes |
| ISO 3166 code | MX-AGU |
| HDI |  0.763 high Ranked 9th |
| GDP | US$ 7,435.49 mil[a] |
| Website | Official Web Site |
| ^ a. The state's GDP was 95,174,314 thousand pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to 7,435,493.3 thousand dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010). | |
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