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11 unusual facts about Aguascalientes


Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

The Baseball team Rieleros de Aguascalientes, return in 2012 to the Mexican League, previously win the championship in 1978.

The city is home to the soccer team Club Necaxa, which currently plays in the Primera Division de Mexico after spending a year in the national's second tier known as Liga de ascenso (formerly Primera A).

Texas Instruments has one plant in Aguascalientes, it is dedicated to integrated circuitry (IC) manufacturing.

Aguascalientes, Mexico

The state of Aguascalientes, one of the 32 component federal entities of the United Mexican States

Alberto Rojas

Rojas was born in Aguascalientes, Mexico and attended elementary, secondary schools and college there.

Christopher J. O'Hara

Chris has served on the faculties of the Shenandoah Arts Academy (Winchester, VA), the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (Lenox, MA), the Festival de Musica de Camara (Aguascalientes, Mexico), the International Institute and Festival at Round Top (Round Top, TX), and the South Shore Conservatory (Hingham, MA).

Cosio

Cosío, a Mexican town and municipal seat in the state of Aguascalientes

Harriet Doerr

Albert Doerr's family owned a copper mine in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes, and in the late 1950s, the Doerrs moved to Mexico where Albert was engaged in restoring the mine.

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía

The Institute headquarters are in Aguascalientes City, in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

XHCGA-TV

XHCGA-TV 6 was established in 1976 by the Mexican state of Aguascalientes with the support of the Instituto Cultural de Aguascalientes to serve as the public television and radio broadcaster for the state.

Ya no hay respeto

Ya no hay respeto (There is no longer any respect) is a popular radio program in Aguascalientes city about myths, politics and actual themes.


Amy Roberts

:3rd Team Pursuit, Round 3 2012–2013 Track World Cup, Aguascalientes (with Ciara Horne and Elinor Barker)

Ciara Horne

:3rd Team Pursuit, Round 3 2012–2013 Track World Cup, Aguascalientes (with Amy Roberts & Elinor Barker)

Cosio

Cosío, a Mexican municipality in the state of Aguascalientes

Dura Convertible Systems

The Dura location in Adrian, Michigan was closed and all production of Dura related business was moved to the Aguascalientes, Mexico facility that Magna also inherited in the summer of 2007.

Huanusco

The municipality is bordered on the north by the municipalities of Tabasco and General Joaquin Amaro, on the east by the municipality of Calvillo, Aguascalientes, on the south by the municipalities of Jalpa and on the west by the municipality of Tlaltenango De Sanchez Roman.

Mountain peaks of Mexico

Of these 30 highest major summits, 4 are located in Puebla, 4 in Oaxaca, 4 in Coahuila, 3 in México, 3 in Jalisco, 3 in Nuevo León, 2 in Chiapas, 2 in Michoacán, 2 in Querétaro, and one each in Distrito Federal, Morelos, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Durango, Baja California, and Aguascalientes.

Museums of Chihuahua

It displays a collection of paintings by such artists as Miguel Cabrera, José de Alcíbar, José de Páez and Antonio de Torres, all of whom are from the Colonial era.

Rafael Muñoz

Rafael Muñoz Núñez (1925–2010), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aguascalientes, Mexico

Sam Reynolds

Reynolds has played in several international exhibitions including in July 2005 with Portland Timbers in a friendly against Sunderland of the English Premier League; friendly matches with Chivas USA against Mexican Primera A sides Necaxa in October 2006 in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and Chivas Guadalajara at Estadio Jalisco in November 2007; and on August 2, 2008 for Miami FC in a friendly match against the Haiti national football team in Miami.