Navojoa Municipality | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Sonora |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 163,650 [1] |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (No DST) |
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 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]
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.
Other towns, near the municipal seat are San Ignacio Cohuirimpo, Guadalupe, Guayparin, Tetanchopo, Santa María del Bauraje, Agiabampo, Masiaca, Bacabachi, and Pueblo Viejo.
The region lies in the valley of the Mayo River, which crosses it from the northeast to the southwest.
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.
| Term | Municipal president | Political party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915–1916 [3] | 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 [4] | Onésimo Mariscales Delgadillo | PRI Panal  | Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal |
| 2009–2012 [5] | José Abraham Mendívil López | PRI PVEM  Panal | |
| 2012–2015 | Alberto Natanael Guerrero López | PRI PVEM | |
| 2015–2018 | Raúl Augusto Silva Vela | PAN  | |
| 2018–2021 [6] | María del Rosario Quintero Borbón | PT  Morena  PES  | Coalition "Together We Will Make History" |
| 2021–20-01-2023 [7] | Mario Martín Martínez Bojórquez | Morena | Died in office [8] |
| 09-02-2023– [9] | Jorge Alberto Elías Retes | Morena | Acting municipal president |
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.
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.
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