Chamizal National Memorial

Chamizal National Memorial IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
Visitor Center at the Chamizal National Memorial
location	El Paso, Texas , USA
surface	222,200 m²
Geographical location	31 ° 46 ′  N , 106 ° 27 ′  W Coordinates: 31 ° 46 ′ 4 ″  N , 106 ° 27 ′ 15 ″  W
Setup date	4th February 1974
administration	National Park Service

The Chamizal National Memorial is located in El Paso, Texas , on the border between the United States and Mexico and commemorates the peaceful end of the Chamizal border dispute.

The 222,200 m² memorial serves primarily as a cultural center and includes art galleries, a theater and an amphitheater. A museum showing the history of the US-Mexico border is located in the visitor center. The park is a reminder of the peaceful solution to the border dispute that has lasted for more than 100 years. This was created by natural changes in the course of the Rio Grande between the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez , Chihuahua . This National Memorial was erected on land granted to the United States by the Chamizal Accord in 1963. The counterpart, the Parque Público Federal "El Chamizal", was installed on the now Mexican opposite side .

The National Memorial was approved on June 30, 1966. It opened on February 4, 1974 and was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places that same day .

Web links

• National Park Service: Chamizal National Memorial (official site; English)
• National Park Service Image Library : Images from Chamizal National Memorial