Chihuahua
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- Names
Chihuahua
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- Was a prosperous mining center during colonial era; captured by US forces twice during war between Mexico & US 1846-1848; today is a center for surrounding cattle ranches; noted for church of San Francisco (18th cen.).
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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