Ojinaga is a rural town in northern region of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. The United Mexican States or Mexico (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México) is a federal republic made up of 31 states (estados) and one Federal District, (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ... The state of Chihuahua is the largest of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the northwestern part of the country. ...

Ojinaga stands on the U.S.-Mexico border. The city of Presidio, Texas, is directly opposite, on the U.S. side of the border. Ojinaga is situated where the Río Conchos drains into the Rio Grande (Río Bravo). The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ... Presidio is a city located in Presidio County, Texas. ... ... ... The Rio Conchos is a large river in Chihuahua, Mexico. ... The Rio Grande flowing past Albuquerque Rio Grande by Big Bend National Park,Texas Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo (or, more formally, the Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico, the river rises in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, USA, flows...

Ojinaga, named after Juarista governor Manuel Ojinaga, boasts a population of around 20,000 people. Ojinaga was founded around 1200 A.D. by the Pueblo Native Americans, who were later assimilated by Uto-Aztecan speakers. Ojinaga was first visited by Spanish explorers (led by Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca) in 1535. Benito Juárez Benito Juárez (March 21, 1806 – July 18, 1872) was a Zapotec Amerindian who served two terms (1861-1863 and 1867-1872) as President of Mexico. ... Events University of Paris receives charter from Philip II of France Births Matthew Paris, English Benedictine monk and chronicler (approximate date). ... Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park Ancient Pueblo People, or Ancestral Puebloans is the preferred term for the group of peoples often known as Anasazi who are the ancestors of the modern Pueblo peoples. ... Brazilian Indian chiefs The scope of this indigenous peoples of the Americas article encompasses the definitions of indigenous peoples and the Americas as established in their respective articles. ... The Uto-Aztecan languages are a Native American language family. ... Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga (now Montreal) June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ...

During the Mexican Revolution, Ojinaga was the scene of the Battle of Ojinaga, between the Pancho Villa's revolutionaries and government troops. The Mexican Revolution was a violent social and cultural movement, colored by socialist, nationalist, and anarchist tendencies, that began with the popular rejection of dictator Porfirio Díaz Mori in 1910 and continued even after the promulgation of a new constitution seven years later. ... General Pancho Villa José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 – July 20, 1923) — better known by his nom de guerre Francisco Villa or, in its diminutive form, Pancho Villa — was one of the foremost leaders of the Mexican Revolution. ...

Considered one of the most unspoiled Mexican border towns, Ojinaga still retains its rural culture and environment, with relatively little pollution and urban problems. Some of the most famous norteño musicians are from Ojinaga, such as Polo Urías, Adolfo Urías, Los Diamantes de Ojinaga, Los Rieleros del Norte, and Los Norteños de Ojinaga. These artists, unlike many other norteño bands who use solely accordions as the lead instrument, use saxophones and accordions together to create a uniquely Ojinaga-styled norteño music. Norteño (literally meaning northern in Spanish, and also known as conjunto) is a traditional style of Mexican music that originated in rural northern Mexico in the early 20th century, a form of music based largely on corridos and polka. ... Polo Urías is a norteño singer and accordionist from Ojinaga, Mexico. ... Adolfo Urías y su Lobo Norteño (Adolfo Urías and his Northern Wolf) is a Mexican norteño band headed by Adolfo Urías. ... Los Diamantes de Ojinaga is a norteño band from the rural Mexican town of Ojinaga, Chihuahua. ... Los Rieleros del Norte on the album cover of their CD Abriendo Caminos (2004) Los Rieleros del Norte (Railers of the North) is a traditional Mexican norteño music band founded in 1979 by Manolo Morales. ... A button accordion An accordion is a musical instrument of the handheld bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as squeezeboxes. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ...

Because of its location on the Rio Grande border between Texas and Chihuahua, Ojinaga has sometimes been a station for narcotic smuggling and illegal immigration. ... The state of Chihuahua is the largest of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the northwestern part of the country. ...

See also

• Ojinaga Cut, a parcel of land that gave rise to an international border dispute.