Aguascalientes (a Spanish name meaning "hot waters" for the abundance of hot springs in the area; so the corresponding adjective for the state and its inhabitants is the whimsical hidrocálido) is a state of Mexico, situated in the center of the country.
The state capital is the city of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes.
The state was, at a time a major silver miner and a major source of railroad transportation, the latter due to its strategical location in the very center of the country, midway between the 3 most populated areas, namely Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey.
