Ciudad Juárez

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Ciudad Juárez
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Coordinates: 31°44′22″N 106°29′13″W / 31.73944, -106.48694
Country Mexico
State Chihuahua
Foundation 1659
Government
 - Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz
(Image:PRI party.png PRI)
Elevation 1,120 m (3,675 ft)
Population (2005)
 - Total 1,301,452
 - Density 7,561/km² (12,167/sq mi)
Time zone Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
 - Summer (DST) Mountain Daylight Time (UTC-6)
Area code(s) +52 656
Website: http://www.juarez.gob.mx

Ciudad Juárez, more commonly known as just Juárez, is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua formerly known as El Paso del Norte. Juárez has an estimated population of 1,301,452 as of 2005 (the municipality, 1,313,338). It stands on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte), across the border from El Paso, Texas. The two cities form a metropolitan area of 2,280,782.[citation needed] More than 60,000 people[citation needed] cross the Juárez-El Paso border every day making it a major port of entry and transportation for all of central northern Mexico. The city has a growing industrial center which is made up in large part by the more than 300 maquiladoras (assembly plants) located on the outskirts of the city.

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[edit] History

Ciudad Juárez was founded as El Paso del Norte ("North Pass") in 1659 by Spanish explorers, seeking a route through the southern Rocky Mountains. The Mission of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe was one of the first permanent developments in the area. The wood for the bridge across the Rio Grande first came from Santa Fe, New Mexico in the 1700s. The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo established the Rio Grande as the border between Mexico and the United States, separating the settlements on the north bank of the river from the rest of the town. The portion of the city allotted to the United States would later become El Paso, Texas. Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas are one of the 14 pairs of Cross-border town naming along the U.S.–Mexico border. During the French intervention in Mexico (1862–1867), El Paso del Norte served as a temporary stop for Benito Juárez's republican forces until he established his government-in-exile in Chihuahua. In 1888, El Paso del Norte was renamed in honor of Juárez.

Ciudad Juárez again served as a provisional Mexican capital during the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution, when forces loyal to opposition candidate Francisco I. Madero, led by Pancho Villa, seized the city on 20 November 1910. The scene of intense fighting for a decade, Juárez recovered during the US Prohibition era (1919–33) as an entertainment center. Juárez continued to attract tourists from the southwest USA during the 1940s and 1950s, with its bars, nightclubs, brothels, bullfighting, and shopping. Juárez has grown substantially in recent decades due to a large influx of people rapidly moving into the city in search of jobs with the maquiladoras. Now, more technological firms have been attracted like the largest Delphi Corporation Technical Center in the Western Hemisphere, which is located in Ciudad Juárez and employs more than 2,000 engineers. Large slum housing communities called colonias have become extensive.

[edit] Education

Juárez has three public universities -one of them being one of the most important universities in Mexico- and 2 private. They are: Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Juárez (ITCJ), Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (UACH), ITESM Campus Ciudad Juárez and Universidad Autonoma de Durango Campus Ciudad Juárez (UAD).

[edit] Sport

Like in most of Mexico, soccer is the most popular sport in Juárez. The local soccer team is Indios de Ciudad Juárez. Baseball, basketball, tennis and American football are also popular, most of these being practiced in high schools and universities. A soccer team named Los Indios resides in this city is part of the Primera A division(second) they rent the stadium Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez. Juárez has 2 large stadiums: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez and Estadio 20 de Noviembre. Mountain biking is also popular, with the Chupacabras 100 km race held annually in Juárez.

[edit] Broadcasting and media

There are 16 over the air TV channel signals in the city: [1]

Name Channel
Canal 5 (XHGC) 56
CBS (KDBC) 4
Canal 5 (XEJTV) 5
ABC (KVIA) 7
NBC (KTSM) 9
Azteca 13 (XHCJE) 11
PBS (KCOS) 13
FOX (KFOX) 14
Azteca 7 (XHCJH) 20
Univision (KINT-TV) 26
El Canal de las Estrellas (XEW) 32
Multimedios (K40FW) 40
Canal 44 (XHIJ) 44
Telemundo (KTDO) 48
Canal 56 (XHJUB) 2
TeleFutura (KTFN) 65

In addition, there are three different paid television signals available, as well as 24 radio station signals in AM and 21 in FM.

[edit] Newspapers

Juárez has four local newspapers: El Diario, PM, El Norte, and El Mexicano.

[edit] In film and other media

Senorita Extraviada - Lourdes Portillo, 2001

[edit] Places of Interest

  • Auditorio civico Benito Juárez: The local theater for the arts.
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    Ciudad Juárez at sunset.
  • Auditorio Municipal: The new state of the art theater built behind the UACJ Med School.
  • Zona Pronaf: Bars, museums, shops, restaurants, entertainment. In the Zona Pronaf, one can find bars such as La Mulata, Don Quintin, San Martin, The News, Ole Bar Chamucos, among others.
  • Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez: Home of the local soccer team Los Indios (The Indians).
  • Avenida Juárez; Bars and shops.
  • Parque Chamizal: Green area of the city, that consist of a park of over 40 acres with jogging trails, swings and recreational areas, which was once shared by El Paso and Juárez.
  • Museo del Concorde: A place to see original parts of the airliner.
  • Centro Cívico Paso del Norte (Just opened December 2006).
  • Misiones, Galerias Tec, Plaza Juárez and Rio Grande shopping malls.
  • Parque Central: (Central Park) A family-oriented recreational area located 10 miles south of the US-Mexico border.
  • Parque Xtremo: The largest extreme park in Latin America.


  • Reno's. The greatest bar in Mexico. They play Sublime, Beck, The Doors, and Garth Brooks. It has two stories and the bartenders are the shit.

[edit] Crime

Over the past 10 years Juárez has seen as many as 300 women fall victims to sexual homicides, also known as femicide or feminicide; the systematic killing of women solely because they are women, their bodies often dumped in ditches or vacant lots. Despite pressure to catch the killers and a roundup of some suspects, few believe the true culprits have been found. A controversial new book[citation needed] implicates high-level police and prominent Juárez citizens in the crimes. But the families of some of the victims believe the murderers will never be brought to justice.

“The best information we have is that these men are committing crimes simply for the sport of it. The authorities know who the killers are, and nothing's being done about it.” (Diana Washington Valdez.)

[edit] Drug trafficking

Juárez has gained further notoriety as a major center of narcotics trafficking linked to the powerful Juárez Cartel, and for hundreds of unsolved murders of young women since 1993. Unfortunately, because of widely alleged police complicity (and perhaps even participation on the part of police and government officials and local elites), the serial murders continue and most of them remain "unsolved" despite the years that have gone by, though homicides have dropped a bit since 2004 despite the increase of population. As a result of the murders, Juárez (along with the capital of the state, Chihuahua City) has become a center for protest against sexual violence throughout Mexico.[1] Meanwhile, many continue working to maintain a positive image of Ciudad Juárez. Songs 'Juárez' by the singer song-writer Tori Amos and 'Invalid Litter Dept.' by At the Drive-In refer to Ciudad Juárez and the murders of women therein. A giant Mexican flag, banderas monumentales, was erected in Chamizal Park on June 26, 1997.

However, the lack of justice and recognition for the hundreds of women murdered, casts a dark stain on the history of Mexico in the eyes of the international community.

[edit] Famous People from Juárez

* Not actually born in Juárez, but are known for living there for a long period of time and/or starting their careers there.

[edit] Gallery

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La Catedral in downtown Ciudad Juárez

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Mercado Reforma

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wright, Melissa. "Paradoxes, Protests, and the Mujeres de Negro of Northern Mexico." Gender, Place, and Culture, 12.3 (2005): 177-192.

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