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Chihuahua

The state of Chihuahua is located in northern Mexico and is bordered to the north by the United States, to the west by the state of Sonora, to the south-west by the state of Sinaloa, to the south by the state of Durango and to the east by the state of Coahuila.

Popular destinations in Chihuahua are Chihuahua City (its capital), Creel, Batopilas and other villages of the Copper Canyon, Nuevo Casas Grandes (Paquime ruins), Cuauhtemoc, Madera, Hidalgo del Parral.

About the Copper Canyon

The Copper Canyon of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico (known as the Barrancas del Cobre in Spanish) is a spectacular system of several canyons, many of which are both wider and deeper than the Grand Canyon of the United States. It is the territory of the Tarahumara indians (or Raramuri), who have a tremendous endurance and lung capacity from scaling the mountains and ravines of this territory. The Copper Canyon area is accessible in great part only by means of the Chihuahua al Pacifico Railway (or El Chepe), although certain areas are accessible by paved or gravel road and via hiking trails.

In the Sierra Madre