Ciudad Jiménez | |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Pushpin Label Position: | above |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mexico |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Mexico |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Chihuahua |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Jiménez |
Leader Title: | Major |
Leader Name: | Marcos Chávez Torres (PAN) |
Established Title3: | city |
Established Date3: | 1898 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Note: | [1] |
Population Total: | 34281 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 27.13°N -104.9067°W |
Postal Code: | 33980 |
Area Code: | 629 |
Blank Name: | Demonym |
Blank Info: | Jimenense |
Jiménez (officially, José Mariano Jiménez) is a city and seat of the municipality of Jiménez, in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. As of 2010, the city had a population of 34,281,[2] up from 33,567 as of 2005.[3]
It was founded on January 4, 1753, under the name of Real Presidio de Santa Maria de las Caldas del Valle de Huejoquilla.The current name (since 1826) honors Independence War hero José Mariano Jiménez. It was given city status in 1898.