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It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's capital and largest city, as well as the primary economic center for the state and the region. [4] As of 2020, the city has a population of 936,263, making it the 18th largest city in Mexico. [5]
Map of Mexico with Sonora highlighted. Sonora is a state in Northwestern Mexico that is divided into 72 municipalities.According to the 2020 Mexican census, it is the eighteenth most populated state with 2,944,840 inhabitants and the 2nd largest by land area spanning 179,354.7 square kilometres (69,249.2 sq mi).
Hermosillo is a municipality in Sonora in northwestern Mexico, being the largest and most populous municipality in Sonora. [2] The municipal seat is the city of Hermosillo.. As municipal seat, the city of Hermosillo is the local government of over 3,800 other localities, [3] with a combined territory of 14,880.2 km 2. [4]
The former province of Sonora, Ostimuri, y Sinaloa was divided in 1823 to form the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, with the Sonoran capital in Ures. [27] They were reunited in 1824 but became separate again in 1831, when Sonora wrote its first state constitution, which put the capital in Hermosillo. [26] In 1832, the capital was moved to Arizpe. [27]
It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo. Sonora is located in Northwest Mexico, bordered by the states of Chihuahua to the east, Baja California to the northwest and Sinaloa to the south.
The city is 134 kilometres (83 mi) south of the state capital of Hermosillo, and 389 kilometres (242 mi) from the U.S. border. The municipality's formal name is Guaymas de Zaragoza and the city's formal name is the Heroica Ciudad de Guaymas. [2] The city proper is mostly an industrial port and is the principal port for the state of Sonora.
Ciudad Obregón is the second largest city in Sonora (after state capital Hermosillo) with a 2010 census population of 298,625 People. [10] Its municipality of Cajeme had a population of 409,310. [11] As of 2005 the per capita income for the municipality of Cajeme was $10,940 and the Human Development Index was 0.8635. [12]
Under the 2005 plan, the district covered a north-western portion of the municipality of Hermosillo, with its head town in the state capital. [8] [9] 1996–2005. Under the 1996 districting plan, the head town was moved to Hermosillo. [10] [9] 1978–1996