Navojoa Municipality

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
Country Mexico
StateSonora
Population
 (2015)
 • Total163,650 [1]
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (No DST)

Demographics edit

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 edit

Borders edit

Winged Victory

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 edit

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 edit

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

Transport edit

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 edit

Municipal presidents edit

TermMunicipal presidentPolitical partyNotes
1915–1916[3]Alejandro Velderráin Campoy
1916–1918Demetrio Esquer
1918Roque J. Ibarra
1918Inocente C. Amparán 
1918–1919Ricardo Chávez
1919–1920Ignacio L. Gómez
1920–1921Francisco F. Ortiz
1921–1922Román Yocupicio Valenzuela
1922–1923Leobardo Tellechea
1923–1924Medardo Tellechea
1924–1925Jesús L. Almada
1925José Goycolea Gil
1925–1926Francisco Amparán
1926–1927Heroldo C. Bórquez
1927Rafael Vizcarra
1927–1928Porfirio Yepiz
1928–1929Juan J. Castillo
1929–1931Onécimo J. AguileraPNR
1931–1932Francisco ViscarraPNR
1932–1933Tomás SiqueirosPNR
1933–1935Juan Bautista MuñozPNR
1935Miguel MendívilPNR
1935–1937Pascual ContrerasPNR
1937–1939Crisóforo M. VázquezPNR
PRM
1941–1943Gerardo RomeroPRM
1943–1944Benito BernalPRM
1944–1946Alejo Aguilera RojasPRM
1946–1949Tomás SiqueirosPRI
1949–1952Jorge R. IbarraPRI
1952–1955Carlos González AgrazPRI
1955–1958Gerardo Campoy CampoyPRI
1958–1961Rafael J. AlmadaPRI
1961–1964Filiberto Cruz MendívilPRI
1964–1966Servando Monsiváis M.PRI
1966–1967Roberto Talamante C.PRI
1967–1970Luis Salido QuirozPRI
1970–1973Julio Martínez BracamontesPRI
1973–1975Samuel Ocaña GarcíaPRI
1975–1976José de J. Dow AlmadaPRI
1976–1979Daniel Acosta CázaresPRI
1979Ángel R. BoursPRI Acting municipal president
1979Ovidio Pereyda GarcíaPRI Acting municipal president
1979–1982Luis Salido IbarraPRI
1982–1985Alfonso Rocha MoyaPRI
1985–1988Arturo León LermaPRI
1988–1991José Antonio Urbina SánchezPRI
1991–1994Ángel Robinson Bours UrreaPRI
1994–1997Arsenio Duarte MurrietaPRI
1997–2000Rafael Carlos Quiroz NarváezPRD
2000–2003José Guadalupe CurielPRD
2003–2006Gustavo Mendívil AmparánPRI
2006–2009[4]Onésimo Mariscales DelgadilloPRI
Panal
Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal
2009–2012[5]José Abraham Mendívil LópezPRI
PVEM
Panal
2012–2015Alberto Natanael Guerrero LópezPRI
PVEM
2015–2018Raúl Augusto Silva VelaPAN
2018–2021[6]María del Rosario Quintero BorbónPT
Morena
PES
Coalition "Together We Will Make History"
2021–20-01-2023[7]Mario Martín Martínez BojórquezMorena Died in office[8]
09-02-2023–[9]Jorge Alberto Elías RetesMorena Acting municipal president

Economy edit

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 edit

  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. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Sonora. Navojoa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Resultados oficiales. Proceso electoral 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana Sonora. IEESonora. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Resultados oficiales. Proceso electoral 2009" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana Sonora. IEESonora. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  6. ^ "IEESonora. Integración del Ayuntamiento de Navojoa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Muere "Mayito" Martínez, presidente municipal de Navojoa, Sonora". Debate (in Spanish). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Jorge Elías Retes toma protesta como el nuevo alcalde de Navojoa". Tribuna (in Spanish). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

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