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Aguascalientes City

Central America

Aguascalientes is the capital of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes and its most populous city, as well as the head of the Aguascalientes Municipality. It had a population of 948,990 inhabitants in 2012, rising to 1,225,432 across the metropolitan area, which also includes the municipalities of Jesus Maria and San Francisco de los Romo. The city sits in the Bajio region of North-Central Mexico, on a steppe-climate valley at 1,880 meters above sea level.

Facts
Population
797,010 1
Area (sq km)
1168.72 2
Founding Year
1575 1
Population Estimate Year
2010 1
Elevation (m)
1880 1
Latitude
21.876 degrees north 1
Longitude
102.296 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Mountain 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC-06:00 3
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Sources
1. Aguascalientes (city) (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Demographics section
    As of 2010, the city of Aguascalientes proper had a population of 797,010.
  • lead section
    The city stands on a valley of steppe climate at 1880 meters above sea level, at 21°51′N 102°18′W.
  • History section
    the city was founded on October 22, 1575, by Spanish families relocating from Lagos de Moreno
  • article header coordinates
    21°52′33.6″N 102°17′45.6″W
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2. Aguascalientes City (Wikidata)
P2046 (area)
Quote, P2046 (area)
area 1168.72 sq km
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3. GeoNames: Aguascalientes - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 4019233
    21.88262 -102.2843 P PPLA MX 01 001 722250 1885 America/Mexico_City
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1885 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.75, -102.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 21.75, -102.25
21.75 -102.25 BSh
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Wikidata: Aguascalientes City
Wikidata Q200805, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Aguascalientes City (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Central America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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