Navojoa Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in north-western Mexico.[2] As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 163,650.[1]

Navojoa Municipality
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Country Mexico
StateSonora
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
163,650 [1]
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (No DST)

Demographics

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Navojoa is the fifth-largest municipality in Sonora (after Hermosillo, Cajeme, Nogales and San Luis Río Colorado) with a population of 163,650 as of 2015.[1]

Geography

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Borders

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The municipality shares its boundaries with Cajeme Municipality and Quiriego Municipality in the north, with Álamos Municipality in the east, with Huatabampo Municipality in the southwest and with Etchojoa Municipality in the west.

Localities

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Other towns, near the municipal seat are San Ignacio Cohuirimpo, Guadalupe, Guayparin, Tetanchopo, Santa María del Bauraje, Agiabampo, Masiaca, Bacabachi, and Pueblo Viejo.

Physical geography

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The region lies in the valley of the Mayo River, which crosses it from the northeast to the southwest.

Transport

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Transportation through the municipality is carried out by highway, railway, and airplane. Highway Mex 15 crosses the region from the northeast to the southeast. There is also an extensive network of tarmacked roads, connecting the municipal seat with the agricultural communities in the Mayo valley. The railway runs parallel to the national highway crossing the region. There is a regional airport in the municipal seat.

Government

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Municipal presidents

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Term Municipal president Political party Notes
1915–1916[3][4] Alejandro Velderráin Campoy
1916–1918 Demetrio Esquer
1918 Roque J. Ibarra
1918 Inocente C. Amparán  
1918–1919 Ricardo Chávez
1919–1920 Ignacio L. Gómez
1920–1921 Francisco F. Ortiz
1921–1922 Román Yocupicio Valenzuela
1922–1923 Leobardo Tellechea
1923–1924 Medardo Tellechea
1924–1925 Jesús L. Almada
1925 José Goycolea Gil
1925–1926 Francisco Amparán
1926–1927 Heroldo C. Bórquez
1927 Rafael Vizcarra
1927–1928 Porfirio Yepiz
1928–1929 Juan J. Castillo
1929–1931 Onécimo J. Aguilera PNR  
1931–1932 Francisco Viscarra PNR  
1932–1933 Tomás Siqueiros PNR  
1933–1935 Juan Bautista Muñoz PNR  
1935 Miguel Mendívil PNR  
1935–1937 Pascual Contreras PNR  
1937–1939 Crisóforo M. Vázquez PNR  
PRM  
1941–1943 Gerardo Romero PRM  
1943–1944 Benito Bernal PRM  
1944–1946 Alejo Aguilera Rojas PRM  
1946–1949 Tomás Siqueiros PRI  
1949–1952 Jorge R. Ibarra PRI  
1952–1955 Carlos González Agraz PRI  
1955–1958 Gerardo Campoy Campoy PRI  
1958–1961 Rafael J. Almada PRI  
1961–1964 Filiberto Cruz Mendívil PRI  
1964–1966 Servando Monsiváis M. PRI  
1966–1967 Roberto Talamante C. PRI  
1967–1970 Luis Salido Quiroz PRI  
1970–1973 Julio Martínez Bracamontes PRI  
1973–1975 Samuel Ocaña García PRI  
1975–1976 José de J. Dow Almada PRI  
1976–1979 Daniel Acosta Cázares PRI  
1979 Ángel R. Bours PRI   Acting municipal president
1979 Ovidio Pereyda García PRI   Acting municipal president
1979–1982 Luis Salido Ibarra PRI  
1982–1985 Alfonso Rocha Moya PRI  
1985–1988 Arturo León Lerma PRI  
1988–1991 José Antonio Urbina Sánchez PRI  
1991–1994 Ángel Robinson Bours Urrea PRI  
1994–1997 Arsenio Duarte Murrieta PRI  
1997–2000 Rafael Carlos Quiroz Narváez PRD  
2000–2003 José Guadalupe Curiel PRD  
2003–2006 Gustavo Mendívil Amparán PRI  
2006–2009[5] Onésimo Mariscales Delgadillo PRI  
Panal  
Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal
2009–2012[6] José Abraham Mendívil López PRI  
PVEM  
Panal  
2012–2015 Alberto Natanael Guerrero López PRI  
PVEM  
2015–2018 Raúl Augusto Silva Vela PAN  
2018–2021[7] María del Rosario Quintero Borbón PT  
Morena  
PES  
Coalition "Together We Will Make History"
2021–20-01-2023[8] Mario Martín Martínez Bojórquez Morena   Died in office[9]
09-02-2023–2024[10] Jorge Alberto Elías Retes Morena   Acting municipal president
2024–[11] Jorge Alberto Elías Retes Morena  
PVEM  
PT  
Panal Sonora   PES Sonora  

Economy

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One quarter of the municipality (1,160 km2) is occupied by irrigated agricultural lands, growing wheat, corn, soybeans, and garden vegetables.

There is also large production of swine and poultry. Navojoa produces almost half of the state production in these areas. The cattle herd had over 30,000 head according to the 2000 census. [1]

Industry is modest, although there are one beer factory, owned by Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma / Heineken, and a cardboard packing factory named Celulosa y Corrugados de Sonora, S.A. de C.V.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Número de habitantes. Sonora". Cuentame.inegi.org.mx. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "National Institute for Federalism and Municipal Development (Inafed). On the left column, please click on "Información Histórica". Then, from the drop-down menu, select "Presidentes Municipales". Search for the state or federal entity and then the desired municipality. Sonora. Navojoa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Sonora. Navojoa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Resultados oficiales. Proceso electoral 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana Sonora. IEESonora. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Resultados oficiales. Proceso electoral 2009" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana Sonora. IEESonora. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "IEESonora. Integración del Ayuntamiento de Navojoa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Reciben constancias de mayorías candidatas y candidatos en 21 Distritos y 72 Ayuntamientos: Taddei Zavala. Navojoa" (in Spanish). 13 June 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Muere "Mayito" Martínez, presidente municipal de Navojoa, Sonora". Debate (in Spanish). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Jorge Elías Retes toma protesta como el nuevo alcalde de Navojoa". Tribuna (in Spanish). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Elecciones Sonora. 2 de Junio de 2024. Municipio: Navojoa" (in Spanish). Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana. Sonora. Retrieved 25 October 2024.

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