Aguascalientes City
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Coordinates: 21°52′34″N 102°17′46″W / 21.876°N 102.296°W
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Ciudad de Aguascalientes City of Aguascalientes | |||
 Clockwise from top: Plaza Bosques Tower, La Exedra, Aguascalientes Theatre, Puente Bicentenario, Cerro del Muerto and Terzetto Residential Tower | |||
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Nickname(s): Spanish: Ciudad de la gente buena (English: City of the good people) | |||
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Motto(s): Latin: Virtus in Aquis, Fidelitas in Pectoribus (English: Virtue in Water, Fidelity in the Breasts) | |||
 Location of Aguascalientes within the state | |||
 Location of the state of Aguascalientes | |||
| Country |
 Mexico | ||
| State | Template:Country data Aguascalientes Aguascalientes | ||
| Municipality | Aguascalientes | ||
| Founded | October 22, 1575 | ||
| Founded as | Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de las Aguas Calientes | ||
| Founded by |
Juan de Montoro Rodríguez Jerónimo de Orozco | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 385 km2 (149 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,888 m (6,194 ft) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • City | 934,424 | ||
| • Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) | ||
| • Metro | 1,225,432 | ||
| Demonym(s) | hidrocálido, aguascalentense | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC−6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | ||
| Postal code | 20000-20999 | ||
| Area code(s) | 449 | ||
| Website | http://www.ags.gob.mx | ||
Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes. It is its most populous city, with a metropolitan population of 1,000,000.
