Aguascalientes (state)
''Aguascalientes is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the state. For the city, see: Aguascalientes.
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Aguascalientes (a Spanish name meaning "hot waters"; the corresponding adjective for the state and its inhabitants is the whimsical hidrocálido) is a State of Mexico, situated in the center of the country. The state capital is the city of Aguascalientes.
It covers 5,471 km² and has some 944,000 inhabitants. The state was created in 1835 when it was separated from Zacatecas.
