Bacadéhuachi Municipality () is a

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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

in north-western

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. Its seat is

Bacadéhuachi Bacadéhuachi () is a village in Bacadéhuachi Municipality in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is 269 kilometers northeast of the state capital, Hermosillo. Origin of the name and history The name is derived from the Opata lang ...

Area and population

The area of the municipality is 1,530.47 km² and the population was 1,264 in 2005, most of whom were residing in the only settlement, which serves as the municipal seat.

The municipal seat is located at an elevation of 850 meters.

References

Municipalities of Sonora {{Sonora-geo-stub