Navojoa Municipality

{{Infobox settlement |name =Navojoa |settlement_type =Municipality |other_name = |native_name = |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_shield = Escudo de Navojoa Sonora.png |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map =Mapa Municipios Sonora Navojoa.png |mapsize = |map_caption = Location of the municipality in Sonora |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position =above |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Mexico |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Mexico}} |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Sonora |subdivision_type2 = Seat |subdivision_name2 = Navojoa |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of =2015 |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total =163650 <ref name="inegi.org.mx">{{cite web|url=http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/monografias/informacion/son/poblacion/|title=Número de habitantes. Sonora|website=Cuentame.inegi.org.mx|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022133712/http://cuentame.inegi.org.mx/monografias/informacion/son/poblacion/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |timezone = Zona Pacífico |utc_offset = -07:00 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Navojoa''' is a municipality in the state of Sonora in north-western Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|title=-|url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/sonora/|work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México|publisher=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal|access-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref> As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 163,650.<ref name="inegi.org.mx"/> The municipal seat is the city of Navojoa.

==Demographics== 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.<ref name="inegi.org.mx"/>

==Geography== ===Borders=== thumb|Winged Victory The municipality shares its boundaries with Cajeme and Quiriego in the north, with Álamos in the east, with Huatabampo in the southwest and with Etchojoa in the west.

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

==Transport== Transportation through the municipality is carried out by highway, railway, and airplane. Federal Highway 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. The Navojoa Airport is located in the municipality serving the city.

==Government== ===Municipal presidents=== {| class=wikitable |- !width=140px|Term !width=175px|Municipal president !width=70px|Political party !width=140px|Notes |- style="background:#ffffff" |1915–1916<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snim.rami.gob.mx/index2.html# |title=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 |language=es|access-date=25 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM26sonora/municipios/26042a.html|title=Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Sonora. Navojoa|language=es|access-date=25 July 2021|archive-date=14 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814050949/http://inafed.gob.mx/work/enciclopedia/EMM26sonora/municipios/26042a.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ||Alejandro Velderráin Campoy || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1916–1918 ||Demetrio Esquer || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1918 ||Roque J. Ibarra || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1918 ||{{proper name|Inocente}} C. Amparán || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1918–1919 ||Ricardo Chávez || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1919–1920 ||Ignacio L. Gómez || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1920–1921 ||Francisco F. Ortiz || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1921–1922 ||Román Yocupicio Valenzuela || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1922–1923 ||Leobardo Tellechea || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1923–1924 ||Medardo Tellechea || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1924–1925 ||Jesús L. Almada || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1925 ||José Goycolea Gil || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1925–1926 ||Francisco Amparán || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1926–1927 ||Heroldo C. Bórquez || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1927 ||Rafael Vizcarra || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1927–1928 ||Porfirio Yepiz || || |- style="background:#ffffff" |1928–1929 ||Juan J. Castillo || || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1929–1931 ||Onécimo J. Aguilera ||PNR 22px|link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1931–1932 ||Francisco Viscarra ||PNR 22px|link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1932–1933 ||Tomás Siqueiros ||PNR 22px|link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1933–1935 ||Juan Bautista Muñoz ||PNR 22px|link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1935 ||Miguel Mendívil ||PNR 22px|link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1935–1937 ||Pascual Contreras ||PNR 22px|link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1937–1939 ||Crisóforo M. Vázquez ||PNR 22px|link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario PRM 22px|link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1941–1943 ||Gerardo Romero ||PRM 22px|link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1943–1944 ||Benito Bernal ||PRM 22px|link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1944–1946 ||Alejo Aguilera Rojas ||PRM 22px|link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1946–1949 ||Tomás Siqueiros ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1949–1952 ||Jorge R. Ibarra ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1952–1955 ||Carlos González Agraz ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1955–1958 ||Gerardo Campoy Campoy ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1958–1961 ||Rafael J. Almada ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1961–1964 ||Filiberto Cruz Mendívil ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1964–1966 ||Servando Monsiváis M. ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1966–1967 ||Roberto Talamante C. ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1967–1970 ||Luis Salido Quiroz ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1970–1973 ||Julio Martínez Bracamontes ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1973–1975 ||Samuel Ocaña García ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1975–1976 ||José de J. Dow Almada ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1976–1979 ||Daniel Acosta Cázares ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1979 ||Ángel R. Bours ||PRI 22px ||Acting municipal president |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1979 ||Ovidio Pereyda García ||PRI 22px ||Acting municipal president |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1979–1982 ||Luis Salido Ibarra ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1982–1985 ||Alfonso Rocha Moya ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1985–1988 ||Arturo León Lerma ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1988–1991 ||José Antonio Urbina Sánchez ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1991–1994 ||Ángel Robinson Bours Urrea ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |1994–1997 ||Arsenio Duarte Murrieta ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#fff6d0" |1997–2000 ||Rafael Carlos Quiroz Narváez ||PRD 20px || |- style="background:#fff6d0" |2000–2003 ||José Guadalupe Curiel |||PRD 20px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |2003–2006 ||Gustavo Mendívil Amparán ||PRI 22px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |2006–2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ieesonora.org.mx/_elecciones/procesos/2006/conformacion_planillas_aytos_2006.pdf|title=Resultados oficiales. Proceso electoral 2006|language=es|publisher=Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana Sonora. IEESonora|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> ||Onésimo Mariscales Delgadillo ||PRI 22px Panal 20px ||Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |2009–2012<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ieesonora.org.mx/_elecciones/procesos/2009/conformacion_planillas_aytos_2009.pdf|title=Resultados oficiales. Proceso electoral 2009|language=es|publisher=Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana Sonora. IEESonora|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> ||José Abraham Mendívil López ||PRI 22px PVEM 19px Panal 20px || |- style="background:#ffe1e1" |2012–2015 ||Alberto Natanael Guerrero López ||PRI 22px PVEM 19px || |- style="background:#ddeef6" |2015–23-03-2018 ||Raúl Augusto Silva Vela ||PAN 22px ||He applied for a leave in order to seek the PAN candidacy for the 7th federal electoral district of Sonora |- style="background:#ddeef6" |24-03-2018–15-09-2018<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uniradioinforma.com/sonora/sera-leticia-navarro-alcaldesa-interina-navojoa-n467113 |title=Será Leticia Navarro alcaldesa interina de Navojoa |newspaper=Uniradio Informa |language=es |date=16 March 2018 |access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.expreso.com.mx/noticias/sonora/audio--leticia-navarro-rinde-protesta-como-presidenta-municipal-de-navojoa/33592 |title=Leticia Navarro rinde protesta como presidenta municipal de Navojoa |newspaper=Expreso eMedia |language=es |date=24 March 2018 |access-date=28 January 2025}}</ref> ||Leticia Navarro Duarte ||PAN 22px ||Acting municipal president |- style="background:#ff4c4c" |16-09-2018–2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ieesonora.org.mx/resultados/integracion/ayuntamiento/navojoa|title=IEESonora. Integración del Ayuntamiento de Navojoa|language=es|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> ||María del Rosario Quintero Borbón ||PT 20px Morena 20px PES 22px ||Coalition "Together We Will Make History" |- style="background:#f08080" |2021–20-01-2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ieesonora.org.mx/comunicacion_social/comunicados/reciben_constancias_de_mayorias_candidatas_y_candidatos_en_21_distritos_y_72_ayuntamientos_taddei_zavala|title=Reciben constancias de mayorías candidatas y candidatos en 21 Distritos y 72 Ayuntamientos: Taddei Zavala. Navojoa|language=es|date=13 June 2021|access-date=25 July 2021}}</ref> ||Mario Martín Martínez Bojórquez ||Morena 20px|link=Morena (partido político) ||Died in office<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.debate.com.mx/sonora/Muere-Mayito-Martinez-presidente-municipal-de-Navojoa-Sonora-20230120-0244.html |title=Muere "Mayito" Martínez, presidente municipal de Navojoa, Sonora |newspaper=Debate |date=20 January 2023 |language=es |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> |- style="background:#f08080" |09-02-2023–2024<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tribuna.com.mx/sonora/2023/2/9/jorge-elias-retes-toma-protesta-como-el-nuevo-alcalde-de-navojoa-323194.html |title=Jorge Elías Retes toma protesta como el nuevo alcalde de Navojoa |newspaper=Tribuna |language=es |date=9 February 2023 |access-date=11 February 2023}}</ref> ||Jorge Alberto Elías Retes ||Morena 20px|link=Morena (partido político) ||Acting municipal president |- style="background:#f08080" |2024–<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ieesonora.org.mx/resultados2024_computos/ayuntamiento/65 |title=Elecciones Sonora. 2 de Junio de 2024. Municipio: Navojoa |publisher=Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana. Sonora |language=es |access-date=25 October 2024}}</ref> ||Jorge Alberto Elías Retes ||Morena 20px|link=Morena (political party) PVEM 21px PT 20px Panal Sonora 20px PES Sonora 20px|| |}

==Economy== 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. [http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora]

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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