CHIHUAHUA, a state of Mexico. See MEXICO.
CHIHUAHUA, a town of Mexico, capital of the state of the same name, lies in a beautiful valley opening towards the north, and hemmed in on the other sides by arms of the Sierra Madre, 4640 feet above the level of the sea. Lat. 28. 38. N., Long. 106. 30. W. The city is regularly built, and the streets are wide and clean, with many handsome and convenient houses, plentifully supplied with water, which is brought to the town by an aqueduct three miles in length. The grand square, three sides of which are occupied by public edifices and stores, and the fourth by the cathedral, has its spacious area adorned with fountains, walks, and benches and pillars of white porphyry. Pop. from 12,000 to 15,000. Near it are many rich but unwrought mines.—See Mayer's Mexico, 1852.