Chihuahua, Mexico · North America
Ciudad Juárez sits on the route: 10 minutes from El Paso.
Ciudad Juárez is a major city located in Chihuahua, Mexico. With a population of 1,512,450, it is one of the largest urban centers in North America.
On a road trip, Ciudad Juárez sits in Mexico, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Ciudad Juarez time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Ciudad Juárez to your route.
Ciudad Juárez (US: sew-DAHD HWAR-ez; Spanish: [sjuˈðað ˈxwaɾes] ; "Juárez City"), commonly referred to as just Juárez (Lipan: Tsé Táhú'ayá), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It was known until 1888 as El Paso del Norte ("The North Pass").
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estimated metropolitan population of 2.5 million people. Juárez lies on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), south of El Paso, Texas, United States. Together with the surrounding areas, the cities form El Paso–Juárez, the second largest binational metropolitan area on the Mexico–U.S. border (after San Diego–Tijuana), with a combined population of over 3.4 million people.
Four international points of entry connect Ciudad Juárez and El Paso: the Bridge of the Americas, the Ysleta–Zaragoza International Bridge, the Paso del Norte Bridge, and the Stanton Street Bridge. Combined, these bridges allowed 22,958,472 crossings in 2008, making Ciudad Juárez a major point of entry and transportation into the U.S. for all of central northern Mexico. The city has a growing industrial center, which in large part is made up by more than 300 maquiladoras (assembly plants) located in and around the city. According to a 2007 New York Times article, Ciudad Juárez was "absorbing more new industrial real estate space than any other North American city". In 2008, fDi Magazine designated Ciudad Juárez "The City of the Future".
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Ciudad Juárez is located in Chihuahua, Mexico, North America. The coordinates are 31.7202 latitude, -106.4608 longitude.
Ciudad Juárez has a population of approximately 1,512,450 people, making it a major city in Mexico.
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