1.  What City? Ciudad Juarez, Mexico is a large, crime- infested city of Mexico. It is apart of the second largest bi-national metropolitan area on the U.S.-Mexico border.

2.  Where is Ciudad Juarez? Ciudad Juarez is located on the northern Mexican border, south of El Paso, Texas. It lies directly on the Rio Grande and shares four bridges with El Paso used for transportation. Ciudad Juarez is apart of the Mexican state of Chihuahua and has an area of 73 square miles.

3.  Elevation and Population Ciudad Juarez has an elevation of 3,730 feet above sea level. As of a 2010 census, Ciudad Juarez has a population of 1.321 million people living within its city limits. In 2009, a study showed that a mass amount of people who could afford to move out of the city did so to get away from the continuing violence and drug cartel wars. 40% of businesses have been shut down and 116,000 homes abandoned.

4.  When the city was first founded, it was known as El Paso del Norte, meaning “The North Pass”. Later it was named Ciudad Juarez, after the 26 th Mexican president Benito Juarez. Locals refer to the city as Juaritos. Ciudad Juarez’s climate is a cold desert climate is because of its location in the Chihuahuan Desert and high altitude. On average, the summer’s high and low is 95 degrees Fahrenheit and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest recorded temperature was 120 degrees Fahrenheit and the lowest was -9 degrees Fahrenheit. The winter average high and low is 57 degrees Fahrenheit and 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall is almost nonexistant and snowing happens occasionally. Name and Climate

5.  Ciudad Juarez is not known for many natural resources or agricultural production. Being a big city, their economy is strongly based on industry. There are more than 300 assembly plants, known as maquiladoras, located throughout the city. In 2008 Ciudad Juarez was named “The City of the Future” by fDi Magazine. Boeing, Lexmark, and Bosch are a few of many foreign companies who have business operations in the city. Resources of Ciudad Juarez

6.  El Paso del Norte was founded by Friar Garcia de San Francisco in 1659. The first settlement of the town was the Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. By the 17 th century, a wooden bridge had been built across the Rio Grande and there were settlements on both sides of the river. The main population consisted of nearby Indian tribes, and the Spanish and immigrants brought by them to be their slaves. Many Puebloan people also moved to settlements around the mission after wars and revolts. The area reached a population of 5,000 by 1750. The Rio Grande was established as the border between the U.S. and Mexico by the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The city also temporarily held Benito Juarez during the French Intervention in Mexico until he could establish a government in Chihuahua. The city began to grow rapidly due to free trade and was also the first meeting place between a U.S. and Mexican president. During the Mexican revolution, Francisco Madero took over the city with a force of 500 soldiers. Since then, the city has been continuing to expand. History of El Paso Del Norte

8.  The result of the Spanish colonization was that Spanish explorers had a way across the Rio Grande and into the southern Rocky Mountains. It also set up the national language of Mexico to be Spanish, but that was mainly because they made everyone speak it. It also brought Spanish foods and customs from Europe that mixed with the native cuisine. There were also many Spanish Jews that came to ciudad Mexico to escape persecution from Queen Isabel and the Spanish Inquisition. Result of Spanish Colonization

9.  Ciudad Juarez is ultimately known for its large amount of narcotic trafficking and cartel wars. In January 2015, Ciudad Juarez was ranked #37 of highest reported murders in the world. This meant the murder rate had went down since 2008 when the city was ranked #1 in the world of highest reported murders with 130 murders per 100,000 inhabitants. Also in 2008, it was reported that more than 1600 young women were murdered that year alone. Cases of these victims usually included rape, torture, mutilation, and murder. A lot of those murder cases remain unsolved. The supposed reason for the recent drop in the murder rate is because the Sinaloa cartel defeating a lot of its rivals, including the Juarez Cartel. Ciudad Juarez also has some “firsts”, like a style of wrestling called Lucha Libre, the burrito, and the margarita. Special Recognition Amongst the World

11.  Ciudad Juarez having age like it does usually means there are at least a handful of historic sites you can visit. One of the most famous ones is the Benito Juarez Monument, located in central Juarez. It stands 8 feet high and was actually casted in Florence, Italy. Another one of the most popular ones is the Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. It was the first permanent settlement in the area. One that is not as popular is the City of Paquime. It was once home to a civilization of merchants who left the area in the 15 th century. Chazmil Park is also located in the city and was once a fighting place between the U.S. and Mexico. Historic Sites of Ciudad Juarez

12. Benito Juarez Monument Mision de Niuestra Senora de Guadalupe City of Paquime

13.  Unless talking about femicide, dangerous places not to go, drug cartels, or El Paso you probably wont hear many references about Ciudad Juarez. There aren’t many references in pop culture either. One is a movie named “Bordertown” that stars Jennifer Lopez and Martin Sheen. The movie was released in 2006. there is also suppose to be a new TV series to release this year in 2016 also named “Bordertown”, in which is created by the same people that created “Family Guy”. References in Pop Culture

14.  “Bordertown”

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