Etchojoa Municipality

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Etchojoa Municipality
Municipio de Etchojoa
Municipality
Municipality of Etchojoa
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Farmland in Etchojoa
Etchojoa Municipality
CountryFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
State Sonora
Seat Etchojoa
Government
 •  Mayor Jesús Tadeo Mendívil Valenzuela
Area
 • Total
949.85 km2 (366.74 sq mi)
Elevation
50 m (160 ft)
Highest elevation
200 m (700 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
61,309
Time zone UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (No DST)
Area code 647

Etchojoa Municipality is one of the seventy-two municipalities in the Mexican state of Sonora. [1] It is located in the southern part of the state, in the Mayo Valley area and on the coast of the Gulf of California. Its municipal seat and most inhabited town is Etchojoa. Other important towns include Bacobampo, Buaysiacobe  [ Es ], and Bacame Nuevo  [ Es ]. The municipality was founded on October 15, 1909.

According to the Population and Housing Census carried out in 2020 by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), the municipality has a total of 61,309 inhabitants, [2] ranking 11th among the most populated in the state, and has an area of 949.85 km². [3] Its gross domestic product per capita is USD $5,701 and its human development index (HDI) is 0.7223. Like most municipalities in Sonora, the name was given because of its municipal head. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved January 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ Gobierno de Mexíco. "Etchojoa". Gobierno de Mexíco. Secretaría de Economía. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Publicaciones y mapas". www.inegi.org.mx. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  4. ↑ "Resumen municipal" (in Spanish). SEDESOL . Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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