Imuris Municipality is a
municipality in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named Mexico, United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a sepa ...
of
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
Mexico.
Area and population
The municipal area is 1,710.3 km
2 with a population of 9,988 registered in 2000
Most of the inhabitants live in the municipal seat, which had a population of 5,767 in 2000. The municipal population has increased greatly with the installation of
maquiladoras
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and is now estimated to be around 14,000.
Neighboring Municipalities
Neighboring municipalities are
Nogales, Sonora, Nogales,
Santa Cruz,
Cananea,
Arizpe,
Cucurpe Cucurpe is the municipal seat of Cucurpe Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora.
History
Originally the territory was occupied by the Opatas and the Pimas Altas. In 1647 the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río founded the first Spanish settle ...
, and
Magdalena de Kino.
Government
Municipal presidents
References
Municipalities of Sonora
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