Granados is the municipal seat of Granados Municipality in the northeast of the

Mexican state A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de 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 divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

. The municipal area is 361.27 km², and the population was 1,228 according to the 2000 census. By 2005 the population had decreased to 938 due to emigration due to insufficient educational infrastructure and the lack of job opportunities. The terrain is mountainous and the average annual temperature is 19 °C. The rainy season is from July to September and the average annual rainfall is 485.9 mm.

Subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occu ...

and cattle raising are the main economic activities. The main crops are corn and beans and grasses for fodder. Calves are exported to the

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. The town was named after Don José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, second bishop of Sonora from 1788 to 1794.

Climate

Notable people

* Juan Valencia Durazo, politician who served in the

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Photo of Granados
Populated places in Sonora Populated places established in 1823 1823 establishments in Mexico {{Sonora-geo-stub