Population 1,512,354, Juarez – the fifth largest city in Mexico – is located across the border from El Paso, Texas, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.  Separated by the Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo, as it’s known in Mexico), Juarez and El Paso form a border metroplex area of over 2,700,000 people, the largest of its type in the world.

Due in large part to Mexico’s free trade agreement with the USA, Juarez is a growing economic and industrial center.  The city is home to more than 300 maquiladoras (assembly plants), many of which are American-owned.  Juarez’s rapid economic expansion has drawn large numbers of Mexican citizens from the country’s less prosperous southern states. As a result, Juarez serves as a cultural melting pot.  Many of those who live in Juarez are still emotionally and relationally rooted in their home state.

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Ciudad Juarez, via Wikimapia.

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