The city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the Other Mexican States Capital Aguascalientes, Ags. Other major cities list of municipalities Area 5,471 km² Ranked 28th Population (2000 census) 943,500 Ranked 27th Governor (2004-2010) Luis Armando Reynoso Femat ( PAN) Federal Deputies (3) PAN = 2 PRI = 1 Federal Senators PAN = 2 PRI = 1 ISO 3166-2... state of Aguascalientes in western central The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by... Mexico. It stands on the banks of the Río Aguascalientes, 1888 metres above sea level, at 21°51′ N 102°18′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=21_51_N_102_18_W_).

The city was founded on October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. Events 362 - The temple of Apollo at Daphne, outside of Antioch is destroyed in a mysterious fire. 1383 - The 1383-1385 Crisis in Portugal: A period of civil war... 22 October Events August 5 - Henry Sidney is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. October 10 - Battle of Dormans: Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others. The Fifth War of Religion erupts in France. Stephen Báthory becomes king of Poland. Edmund Grindal succeeds... 1575 and elevated to city status in 1816. It became the capital of the newly formed state when it was split off from neighbouring Zacatecas is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the city. For the state, see: State of Zacatecas. Zacatecas is a city in Mexico, the capital of Zacatecas State. Its population as of 2002 was approximately 115,000. It is built in a... Zacatecas in 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events January 1 – Ole Pedersen Hoiland breaks into the Bank of Norway and steals 64.000 dalers January 7 - HMS Beagle anchors off the Chonos Archipelago. January 30 - Unsuccessful assassination attempt against President Andrew Jackson in the... 1835.

People from Aguascalientes (both the city and the state) are known by the whimsical This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. The English language uses several strategies to create demonyms. The most common is to add a suffix to the end of the locations name. These include: -an or -ian... demonym hidrocálidos.

Industry and economy

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Cultural life

The city is home to the first-division The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. Football is the most widely played and watched team sport in the world. The game is often known... football team, Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | Mexican football clubs ... Necaxa. Aguascalientes also organises the largest fair held in Mexico, the San Marcos National Fair (Feria Nacional de San Marcos), which takes place over the last two weeks of April and the first two of May, and receives almost 7 million visitors every year.

Aguascalientes is home to several outstanding museums and one of the country's leading provincial theatres:

• Teatro Aguascalientes – the Aguascalientes Theatre
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo)
• Guadalupe Posada Museum (Museo Guadalupe Posada) life and work of José Guadalupe Posada
• Aguascalientes Museum (Museo Aguascalientes)
• Museo Descubre – interactive science and technology museum, aimed at providing children with a hands-on learning experience

Famous hidrocálidos

• Antonio Acevedo Escobedo, writer
• José María Bocanegra, Seal of the Office of the President of Mexico The President of Mexico is the head of state of Mexico. Under the constitution, the president is also the head of government and the commander-in-chief of the Mexican army, navy, and air force. Currently, the office of the president... president
• Francisco Díaz de León, artist
• Gabriel Fernández Ledesma, artist
• Manuel M. Ponce, musician
• José Guadalupe Posada, artist
• Saturnino Herrán, artist
• Ramón López Velarde, poet

External links

• http://www.muniags.gob.mx/ Municipal website
• http://www.todoaguascalientes.com/ News website