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{{Infobox settlement
|name =Aguascalientes
|official_name = ''Ciudad de Aguascalientes''<br />City of Aguascalientes
|settlement_type =[[City]]
|native_name = 
|nickname = {{Lang-es|Ciudad de la gente buena}}<br/><small>({{Lang-en|City of the good people}})</small>
|motto = {{lang-la|Virtus in Aquis, Fidelitas in Pectoribus}}<br/><small>({{Lang-en|Virtue in the Water, Fidelity in the Heart}})</small>
|image_skyline = AGUASCALIENTES CITY.jpg
(contracted; show full)#x27;'' ({{IPA-es|ˌaɣwaskaˈljentes|-|Aguascalientes.ogg}}) is the capital of the state of [[Aguascalientes]] and is its most populous city, with a [[Metropolitan area|metropolitan]] population of 1,000,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lja.mx/2012/08/en-estos-dias-aguascalientes-llegara-al-millon-de-habitantes/|title=En estos días Aguascalientes llegará al millón de habitantes - La Jornada Aguascalientes (LJA.mx)|author=Javier Rodríguez Lozano|work=La Jornada Aguascalientes (LJA.mx)|access
-date=7 September 2014|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820164328/https://www.lja.mx/2012/08/en-estos-dias-aguascalientes-llegara-al-millon-de-habitantes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is located in North-Central Mexico. It is part of the [[macroregion]] of [[Bajío]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://t21.com.mx/opinion/bitacora/2013/08/16/bajio-nuevo-milagro-mexicano|title=Bajío, el nuevo milagro mexicano - T21|work=T21|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> which is among the safest and most prosperous regions in Mexico. It was part of the kingdom of [[Nueva Galicia]]. In 1835 Aguascalientes became the capital of the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes.<ref name="ags.itesm.mx">{{cite web|url=http://www.ags.itesm.mx/campus/historia_ciudad.htm |title=Historia de la Ciudad de Aguascalientes |publisher=Ags.itesm.mx |access-date=7 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021042029/http://www.ags.itesm.mx/campus/historia_ciudad.htm |archive-date=October 21, 2013 }}</ref> Aguascalientes has been called the cleanest city in [[Latin America]].<ref name="informador.com.mx">{{cite web|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2012/383669/6/aguascalientes-la-ciudad-mas-limpia-de-latinoamerica.htm|title=Aguascalientes, la ciudad más limpia de Latinoamérica |work=El Informador|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Aguascalientes is experiencing an ongoing social, economic, and aesthetic revitalization process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lja.mx/2012/08/linea-verde-contara-con-servicios-digitales/|title=Línea Verde contará con servicios digitales |author=|work=La Jornada Aguascalientes |access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Aguascalientes has a population which includes [[Japanese people|Japanese]], [[Koreans]], and [[Germans]].

It stands on the banks of the Aguascalientes river, 1880 meters above sea level, at {{coord|21|51|N|102|18|W|}}. It is the municipal seat for the '''Aguascalientes Municipality'''. The Aguascalientes metropolitan area includes the municipality of [[Jesús María, Aguascalientes|Jesús María]] and [[San Francisco de los Romo]]. It was a [[Chichimeca]] Indian territory. It later blossomed as a strategic link between Mexico City and the mines of [[Zacatecas]], while prosperous agriculture and ranching helped feed Spain's emerging New World cities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitmexico.com/en-us/aguascalientes|title=Aguascalientes, traditional city in Mexico|publisher=Visitmexico.com|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>

[[OECD]] has recognized Aguascalientes as having a good business climate.<ref name="aguascalientes.gob.mx">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/temas/inversiones/ventajas/Presentacion_ing.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2020-02-26 |archive-date=2020-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309015903/http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/404.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is a strong business and economic center in the [[Bajío]] region.<ref name="desdelared.com.mx">{{cite web|url=http://www.desdelared.com.mx/noticias/2012/2-gobierno/0813-oferta-feriaempleo-0351109874.html|title=Se ofertan mil empleos a jóvenes en Aguascalientes|publisher=Desdelared.com.mx|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> Its strategic location and infrastructure have made it a regional hub and a location for international headquarters.<ref name="desdelared.com.mx"/> Also home to two of [[Nissan|Nissan's]] largest and most important manufacturing plants in Latin America. Other important companies located in Aguascalientes include [[Jatco]], [[Coca-Cola]], [[Flex (company)|Flextronics]], [[Texas Instruments]], [[Donaldson Company|Donaldson]], and [[Calsonic Kansei]].

Because of its services and hotel industry, Aguascalientes is one of the most important centers in Mexico for [[entertainment]], [[gastronomy]], leisure activities, [[arts]] and recreation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.desdelared.com.mx/noticias/2012/2-gobierno/0827-turismo-0352062125.html|title=Aguascalientes recibió a 187 mil turistas este verano|publisher=Desdelared.com.mx|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>

==History==
{{see also|Timeline of Aguascalientes City}}
[[File:Nebel Voyage 22 Aguas Calientes.jpg|thumb|Aguascalientes ca. 1836, by [[Carl Nebel]]]]
The city of Aguascalientes was founded on October 22, 1575, by Juan de Montoro as a postal service rest stop between the cities of [[Zacatecas, Zacatecas|Zacatecas]] and [[Mexico City]], though it is known that the site already featured a small population by the time it was granted an official status.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/estado/fundacion.aspx |title=Fundación de Aguascalientes |access-date=February 23, 2016 |publisher=Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes |last=Díaz Márquez |first=Ilse |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311225938/http://aguascalientes.gob.mx/estado/fundacion.aspx |archive-date=March 11, 2016 }}</ref> Although its founders did not envision it becoming a major city, it became the capital of the newly formed state of the same name when its territory separated from the adjacent state of Zacatecas in 1835. When the state separated from Zacatecas, Aguascalientes raced ahead in its development, while the state of Zacatecas remained behind in comparison.

The historical center of Aguascalientes was born out of four distinct neighborhoods. The oldest of these is the ''Barrio del Encino'', which is technically older than Aguascalientes proper. Founded in 1565 by the Andalusian Hernán González Berrocal, the neighborhood was originally named ''Triana'' after the [[Triana, Seville|neighborhood]] in Seville, Spain. The ''Barrio del Encino'' is home to the baroque-style ''Templo del Señor del Encino'', a Catholic temple built between 1773 and 1796.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ags.gob.mx/cont.aspx?p=162|title = Barrio del Encino (Barrio de Triana)|date = |access-date = 23 February 2016|website = |publisher = Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes|last = |first = }}</ref> The ''Cristo Negro del Encino'' ("Black Christ of the live oak"), is a widely venerated religious icon symbolic of this neighborhood. The colonial square and the [[José Guadalupe Posada Museum]], adjacent to the temple, are one of the main attractions in the city.

(contracted; show full)that property lines generally followed irrigation ditches can still be seen in the neighborhood's haphazard street grids today. Second, the neighborhood's working-class character is visible in its primarily single-story homes featuring simple façades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spanishlearnercentral.com/historical-neighborhoods-aguascalientes-mexico/|title=The Four Historical Neighborhoods of Aguascalientes|last=Dobrowolski|first=Jim|date=February 2, 2017|website=Spanish Learner Central|
publisher=|access-date=23 February 2016|archive-date=26 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226032936/http://www.spanishlearnercentral.com/historical-neighborhoods-aguascalientes-mexico/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A fifth neighborhood, the ''Barrio de la Estación'', is often grouped in with the city's original neighborhoods.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Barrios de Aguascalientes, México {{!}} VisitMexico|url = http://www.visitmexico.com/es/barrios-de-aguascalientes|website = www.visitmexico.com|access-date = 2016-02-24|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304021822/http://www.visitmexico.com/es/barrios-de-aguascalientes|archive-date = 2016-03-04}}</ref> However, this neighborhood is considerably more modern, with much of its development dating from the final decades of the 19th century or later.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.ags.gob.mx/cont.aspx?p=164|title = Barrio de la Estación|date = |access-date = 24 February 2016|website = |publisher = Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes|last = |first = }}</ref> Therefore, despite its important role in the history of Aguascalientes, it's not strictly accurate to consider the ''Barrio de la Estación'' one of the city's original historical neighborhoods.

==Climate==
Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Aguascalientes has a [[semi-arid climate]] (Köppen BSh). Most of the precipitation is concentrated from June to September.
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==Etymology==
[[File:Aguascalientes City seen from a flight at night.jpg|left|thumb|245x245px|Aguascalientes City seen from a flight at night]]
(contracted; show full) one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in Mexico. The municipality is also developing a system of interconnected green bicycle routes, greenways, the aim being to facilitate fast, safe, and pleasant bicycle transport from one end of the city to the other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lja.mx/2012/08/se-implementara-en-aguascalientes-el-proyecto-de-movilidad-en-bicicleta-del-df/|title=Se implementará en Aguascalientes el proyecto de Movilidad en Bicicleta del DF - La Jornada Aguascalientes (LJA.mx)|
author=|work=La Jornada Aguascalientes (LJA.mx)|access-date=7 September 2014|archive-date=29 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129043210/http://www.lja.mx/2012/08/se-implementara-en-aguascalientes-el-proyecto-de-movilidad-en-bicicleta-del-df/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Roads===
Aguascalientes has a large network of roads connecting different municipalities of the city together and to other cities.

===Airport===
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==Media==
===Radio===
Metroaguascalientes was one of the radio stations for the city of Aguascalientes.<ref name="Metroradio">{{Cite episode |title= Noticias_locales_del_09_de_febrero_de_2007
|episode-link= |url=https://archive.org/details/Noticias_locales_del_09_de_febrero_de_2007&autoplay=1&playset=1 |access-date= February 2, 2019|first=Jose Antonio |last= Zapato Cabral|network= |station= METROAguascalientes |series= noticiero |date= February 9, 2007|language=Spanishes}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
[[File:William Yarbrough at Walter Reed 150903-D-FW736-009 (cropped).jpg|thumbnail|Mexican-born soccer player William Yarbrough]]
*[[William Yarbrough]], Mexican-born American soccer player who plays for [[Liga MX]] club [[León, Guanajuato|León]] and the [[United States national team]]
*[[Wendolly Esparza]], American-born Mexican television personality best known for winning Miss Mexico 2014 and placing top 15 in [[Miss Universe]] 2015.
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The club was founded in 1994, when [[Salvador López Monroy]], a restaurant business owner from [[Los Angeles]],<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Imagen |title=Desfalco a los Gallos |trans-title=Embezzlement in the Roosters |url=http://www.imagenzac.mx/1999/06/19/Aguascalientes5.htm |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130221052118/http://www.imagenzac.mx/1999/06/19/Aguascalientes5.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 February 2013 |language=
Spanishes |date=19 June 1999 }}</ref> bought a second division franchise which he relocated to [[Aguascalientes]] where there was no professional football club.<ref name="P24">{{cite web|publisher=Pagina 24 |author=García Esparza, Karla Lizbeth |title=Desmienten Regreso de los Gallos de Aguascalientes al Futbol Profesional |trans-title=Roosters of Aguascalientes denied a return to professional football |url=http://www.pagina24.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3170&catid=46&Itemid=93 |language=Spanishes |date=31 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The club played its last tournament in 2000-2001 when the Governor of [[Aguascalientes]] bought first division club [[Necaxa]], with its national following, and relocated it from Mexico City. Gallos de Aguascalientes was then sold to [[C.D. Guadalajara|Chivas]], which changed its name to [[Club Deportivo Guadalajara Reserves|F.C. Tapatio de Guadalajara]], affiliated to Chivas.<ref name="P24(contracted; show full)
{{wikivoyage|Aguascalientes}}
{{Portal|Mexico}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081014004141/http://www.muniags.gob.mx/ Municipal website]
*[http://www.aguascalientesmexico.info Fotos, Mensajes, y Mas de Aguascalientes]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130406130712/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

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