Aguascalientes is a
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Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...
. Its
municipal seat
A municipal seat or ''cabecera municipal'' is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a municipality or civil parish with other villes or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...
, which is also the state capital. As of 2010, its population was 797,010, most of whom lived in the city of Aguascalientes.
Geography
Aguascalientes is in the south of the valley that divides the state in two and borders the municipalities of
El Llano,
Jesús María,
Calvillo
Calvillo () is a city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The town serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Calvillo. Calvillo is the second most populated city in the state, surpassed in importance only by the capital ...
,
Asientos, and
San Francisco de los Romo
San Francisco de los Romo is a municipality and Settlement classification in Mexico, city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The city of San Francisco de los Romo serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding municipalities of Mexico, mun ...
in the state, as well as the state of
Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
to the south. Its area is 1,169 km².
Aguascalientes
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As of 2010, the city of Aguascalientes had a population of 722,250.