Ciudad Juárez (/ˈhwɑːrɛz/ HWAH-rez; Juarez City. Spanish pronunciation: [sjuˈðað ˈxwaɾes] (listen)) is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.[4] The city is commonly referred to by locals as simply Juárez, and was known as Paso del Norte (Pass of the North) until 1888.[5] Juárez is the seat of the municipality of Juárez with an estimated population of 1.5 million people.[6] It lies on the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) river, south of El Paso, Texas, United States. Together with the surrounding areas, the cities form El Paso–Juárez, the second largest binational metropolitan area on the Mexico–U.S. border (after San Diego–Tijuana), with a combined population of over 2.7 million people.[7]

There are four international points of entry connecting Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, including the Bridge of the Americas, Ysleta International Bridge, Paso del Norte Bridge and Stanton Street Bridge. These combined allowed 22,958,472 crossings in 2008,[8] making Ciudad Juárez a major point of entry and transportation into the U.S. for all of central northern Mexico. The city has a growing industrial center which is made up in large part by more than 300 maquiladoras (assembly plants) located in and around the city. According to a 2007 New York Times article, Ciudad Juárez "is now absorbing more new industrial real estate space than any other North American city".[6] In 2008, fDi Magazine designated Ciudad Juárez "The City of the Future".[9] Since the launch of the Mexican Drug War in 2006, however, the amount of violence has increased dramatically.

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