Chihuahua, Mexico

Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua / Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua

Last modified: 2003-02-08 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Note: Chihuahua has no official flag, but one in white charged with the coat of arms is broadly used:

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by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001. See: Coat of arms on white background (unofficial flag)

• Presentation of Chihuahua
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• Offcial web-site of the Chihuahua government
  Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán

Official name:	Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua / Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua
Shor-form names:	Estado de Chihuahua / State of Chihuahua; Chihuahua
Location:	North of Mexico. It neighbors the Mexican States of Sonora (W), Sinaloa and Durango (S), Coahuila de Zaragoza (E), and the United States of América (N) -Texas and New Mexico-.
Area:	247,087 km2
Municipalities:	67
Population:	2'800,000 inhabitants
Capital:	Chihuahua (Pop.: 402,000)
Statehood:	October 3, 1824
Arms adopted:	February 24, 1983, by decree of February 23, 1983. (Though the arms of the capital city had been used since early times).

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Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, October 06, 2001.

Description of the arms:

Main objects: The old aqueduct of Chihuahua (in the chief). Heads of a Spaniard and an Indigenous person, representing the "mestizaje".
At the bottom the face of the Chihuahua City Cathredral.
The text: "Valentia Lealtad Hospitalidad" (Braveness, Loyalty, Hospitality).
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001

Description in Spanish could be found here:
The official web site of the Chihuahuan Government
Reported by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán