Aguascalientes is the capital of the Mexican state of the same name and its most populous city, as well as the head of the Aguascalientes Municipality; with a population of 948,990 inhabitants in 2012 and 1,225,432 in the metro area. The metropolitan area also includes the municipalities of Jesús María and San Francisco de los Romo. It is located in North-Central Mexico, which roughly corresponds to the Bajío region within the central Mexican plateau. The city stands on a valley of steppe climate at 1880 meters above sea level, at 21°51′N102°18′W.
Aguascalientes, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes, is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of 1,950 m (6,400 ft) above sea level it is predominantly of semi-arid climate. The state is located in the northern part of the Bajío region, which is in the north-central part of the country, bordered by Zacatecas to the north, east and west, and by Jalisco to the south.
Juan Esteban Curuchet is an Argentine road bicycle racer and track cyclist.
Erin Veenstra-Mirabella is an American competitive cyclist. She represented the United States at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Mirabella is a six-time national champion. She is coached by her husband Chris Mirabella.
Nancy Yareli Contreras Reyes is a female track cyclist from Mexico, who represented her native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Ricardo Arellano Nieves is a Mexican football referee who became professional in 2003.
Felipe González González was a Mexican politician and businessman. A member of the National Action Party (PAN), he was Governor of Aguascalientes from 1998 to 2004 and served in the Senate from 2006 to 2012.
Jasmin Duehring is a German-born Canadian cyclist, who currently rides for American amateur team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24. Duehring was part of the Canadian team that won bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's team pursuit. She was also part of the team that won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games in the team pursuit.
Fernando Herrera Ávila is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. He currently serves as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Aguascalientes
Martín Orozco Sandoval is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN, who served as the Governor of Aguascalientes from 2016 to 2022. From 2012 to 2016, he represented Aguascalientes in the Senate during the LXII and LXIII Legislatures. He also was the Municipal President of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes from 2005 to 2007.
María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party (PAN). She served as mayor of Aguascalientes as well as a federal deputy in the 62nd Congress (2012–2015), representing the second district of Aguascalientes.
This is a list of events that happened in 2004 in Mexico.
Emotional.fr–Tornatech–GSC Blagnac VS31 is a women's professional cycling team initially based in France and then later in Canada that competes in elite road bicycle racing.
The 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the Velódromo Bicentenario, Aguascalientes, Mexico, October 5–9, 2016.
Stefan Ritter is a Canadian male track cyclist, representing Canada at international competitions. He won the bronze medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the 1 km time trial and in the team sprint. Ritter is the 2016 UCI junior world champion in the 1 kilometre time trial.
Aidan Caves is a Canadian professional track cyclist. He won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the scratch and at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit also setting the Canadian Record with his teammates. Later he went on to win the gold medal and champions jersey in the Omnium at 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships. Back in 2014, he participated at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2018, he won Silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games He has 11 National Championship wins throughout his career, along with multiple medals at World Cups and three Pan American Titles.
Diego Ferreyra is a Chilean road and track cyclist.
The 2014 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the Velódromo Bicentenario, Aguascalientes, Mexico on September 10–14, 2014.
Same-sex marriage is legal in Aguascalientes in accordance with a ruling from the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation on 2 April 2019 that the state's ban on same-sex marriage violated Articles 1 and 4 of the Constitution of Mexico. The ruling came into effect upon publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation on 16 August 2019, legalizing same-sex marriage in Aguascalientes.
The XXIII 2019 Pan Am Badminton Championships was a continental championships tournament of badminton in Pan America. This tournament was held as two events in different countries. From 14 to 17 February, the team event was held in Lima, Peru. From 25 to 28 April, the individual event was held in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
