Aguascalientes City

**Aguascalientes** () is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes. It is its biggest city. One million people live in the Metropolitan area. It is in North-Central Mexico. It is part of the macroregion of Bajío, which is among the safest and richest 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. Aguascalientes has been called the cleanest city in Latin America. The people in Aguascalientes include Japanese, Koreans, and Germans.

It is on the banks of the Aguascalientes river, 1880 meters above sea level, at . It is the municipal seat for the **Aguascalientes Municipality**. The Aguascalientes metropolitan area includes the municipality of 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.

OECD has said that Aguascalientes has a good business climate. It is a strong business and economic center in the Bajío region. Its strategic location and infrastructure have made it a regional hub and a place for international headquarters. Two of Nissan's largest and most important manufacturing plants in Latin America are in the city. Other important companies located in Aguascalientes include Jatco, Coca-Cola, Flextronics, Texas Instruments, 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.

## Culture

In the city, two official parades are held: one, on the occasion of Independence Day, on the morning of September 16, and another on the occasion of the celebration of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution on the morning of November 20, as in any other square in the country, but it also has two other local parades: one on the occasion of the celebration of the National Fair of San Marcos, on the morning of April 25 (San Marcos day), called the spring parade, and another on the evening of November 1, on the occasion of the Cultural Festival of Calaveras.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Aguascalientes
- **official name**: _Ciudad de Aguascalientes_
City of Aguascalientes
- **settlement type**: City
- **nickname**:
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- **motto**:
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- **image skyline**: AGUASCALIENTES CITY.jpg
- **image caption**: Clockwise from top: San Antonio de Padua Church, La Exedra, Aguascalientes Theatre, Cerro del Muerto, Plaza Bosques Tower, and the San Marcos Park.
- **image flag**: Flag of Aguascalientes.svg
- **image map**: Aguascalientes, AG.svg
- **mapsize**: 220px
- **map caption**: Location of Aguascalientes within the state
- **image map1**: Mexico map, MX-AGU.svg
- **map caption1**: Location of the state of Aguascalientes
- **subdivision type**: Countries of the world, Country
- **subdivision name**: Mexico
- **subdivision type1**: States of Mexico, State
- **subdivision name1**: Aguascalientes
- **subdivision type2**: Municipalities of Mexico, Municipality
- **subdivision name2**: Aguascalientes
- **leader title**: Municipal president, Mayor
- **leader name**: María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: October 22, 1575
- **established title2**: Founded as
- **established date2**: _Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de las Aguas Calientes_
- **founder**: Juan de Montoro Rodríguez
Jerónimo de Orozco
- **area total km2**: 385
- **population as of**: 2012
- **population total**: 934424
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population metro**: 1225432
- **population density metro km2**: auto
- **population demonyms**: hidrocálido, aguascalentense
- **timezone**: Central Standard Time, CST
- **utc offset**: −6
- **timezone dst**: Central Daylight Time, CDT
- **utc offset dst**: −5
- **elevation m**: 1888
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 20000-20999
- **area code**: 449
- **blank name**: Mexican Federal Highway, Federal Routes
- **blank info**:
- **website**: http://www.ags.gob.mx