Jesús María is a city in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
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 ...
. It stands at and serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Jesús María.
As of 2010, the city of Jesús María had a population of 43,012, making it the second largest city in the state.
It is located so close to the state capital city of
Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, that it has been swallowed by it, rendering it part of the Aguascalientes
metropolitan area
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(pop. 805,666 in 2005), with the function of a suburban area.
It is also the sister city of
Queen Creek
Queen Creek is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa and Pinal County, Arizona, Pinal counties in the U.S. state, state of Arizona. The population was 59,519 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 26,361 at the 2010 Uni ...
,
Arizona
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, United States
Climate
References
Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ...
(INEGI)
AguascalientesEnciclopedia de los Municipios de México
External links
Municipio de Jesús MaríaOfficial website
Gobierno del Estado de AguascalientesOfficial website of state of Aguascalientes
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Populated places in Aguascalientes
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