The state of Chihuahua is located in the northern mountain and plain region.

It is divided into 67 municipalities; 12,862 villages.  It has a population of 3,052,907 (1,519,972 male and 1,532,935 female).

The capital city is Chihuahua, and it lies 1,440 meters (4,721 feet) above sea level.

GEOGRAPHIC POSITION

North – Lat 31°47' N; south – Lat 25°38’ N; east – Long 103°18' W; west – Long 109°07' W.

land size as a percentage

12.6% the country’s area.

bordering

The State of Chihuahua borders the United States of America to the North; the United States of America, Coahuila and Durango States to the East; Durango and Sinaloa States to the South; and Sonora State and the United States of America to the west.

MAIN ELEVATIONS

Cerro Mohinora      3,300 (10,820 feet)

Sierra Gasachi       3,060 (10,033 feet)

Cerro Güirichique   2,740 (8,984 feet)

Cordón Capeina     2,700 (8,852 feet)

HYDROLOGICAL REGIONS

Sonora South

Sinaloa

Bravo-Conchos

Northern Basins (Casas Grandes)

Mapimí

AGRICULTURE AND VEGETATION

Agricultural      7.38 %        Grazing Lands   23.89 %

Forest            29.42 %      Jungle             2.38 %

Brush             32.41 %      Other             4.52 %

MAIN TYPES OF CLIMATES

Hot sub-humid with rainfalls in the summer (0.32%)

Warm, sub-humid with rainfall in the summer (2.64%)

Temperate sub-humid with rainfall in the summer (13.36%)

Mildly cold sub-humid with rainfall in the summer (10.25%)

Semi-arid, very hot and hot (0.45%)

Semi-arid warm (1.02%)

Semi-arid temperate (15.70%)

Semi-arid mildly cold (0.60%)

Arid warm (6.15%)

Arid temperate (9.03%)

Very arid warm (14.60%)

Very arid temperate (25.88%)