Imuris is the municipal seat of
Imuris Municipality
Imuris Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in north-western Mexico.
Area and population
The municipal area is 1,710.3 km2 with a population of 9,988 registered in 2000Most of the inhabitants live in the municipal s ...
in the north of the
Mexican
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state
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of
Sonora
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.
Location and Communications
Imuris is located along
Federal Highway 15 - the long highway between Nogales at the
USA/Mexico border and
Mexico City
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- and the railroad line connecting Nogales and the USA into the Mexican railroad network. It is also the intersection with the eastbound section of Federal Highway 2, which heads to the state of
Chihuahua and the city of
Ciudad Juárez
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(across the
Río Grande
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from
El Paso, Texas
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).
History
The land was once occupied by the Pimas Altos. In 1687 the
Jesuit
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missionary
Eusebio Francisco Kino
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established the town of "San José de Imuris". The toponym of Imuris is Pima and a possible meaning is "Plateau between rivers" or "hills shaped like flint".
Geography
The land is mountainous in the east and north and the main settlement lies at an elevation of . The average annual temperature is and the average annual rainfall is .
The region is crossed by three small rivers, which later form the Rio Magdalena.
Economy
Agriculture, cattle raising, and industry are the main economic activities.
Corn and beans are raised for subsistence while grasses (sorghum, alfalfa, rye grass) are grown for cattle fodder. There were 353 small land owners in 2000 cultivating a surface of , and 937
ejidatarios on , making a total of .
The cattle herd numbered 25,617 head in 2000, with this activity employing 638 people.
The industrial sector is varied because there are two
maquiladoras
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owned by international companies, as well as several small factories producing construction materials. Almost 1000 jobs are generated by the industrial sector making it the most important economic activity of the municipality. The final products of the maquiladoras are automobile belts, automobile electronic panels, transformers, plastic packaging, and smelting of aluminum.
The main tourist attraction is the Iglesia de San José de Ímuris, as well as the traditional plaza, and the typical restaurants, locally known for fine
quesadillas
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and their world class tacos.
References
External links
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de MexicoINEGISonora State official siteÍmuris, Ayuntamiento Digital''(Official Website of Ímuris, Sonora)''
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Populated places in Sonora
Populated places in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico