Liliana's Home Town

Chihuhua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 748,551. The predominant activity is light industry, in the form of maquiladoras. It has been said that the name derives from the Tarahumara language, meaning "between two waters", other accepted definitions are "place of the holed-rock" or "dry and sandy place". The name itself is older than the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The city was founded on October 12, 1709, by Antonio Deza y Ulloa, a Spanish explorer, as El Real de Minas de San Francisco el Cuellar. The town was erected a Villa in 1718 with the name of San Felipe el Real de Chihuahua, and the name was shortened in 1823. The location was chosen because it is the intersection of the rivers Chuviscar and Sacramento. It is also the midpoint between the Rio Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande) and the then-important mining city of Hidalgo del Parral.


Attractions

In Liliana's home town, we take a leisurely walk through the downtown core and enter the Government Palace admiring the 19th century architecture before crossing the street to the Spanish Baroque style Chihuahua Cathedral. The next day we take a tour of Las Grutas de Nombre de Dios, a huge system of caves with spectacular formations of stalactites and stalagmites that nature has been forming of millions of years. We end the night with a coffee and appetizers at Mandala, an informal restaurant-cafe high on a hill overlooking the city.

Visited: 2006 (Wedding) & 2007/8 (Christmas/New Year)


Quick Photos

Chihuhua Central






Sunrise






Cactus