Quiriego Municipality is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of southern

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state, in northwestern

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County seat

The town of

Quiriego Quiriego is a small town and the county seat of the Quiriego (municipality), Municipality of Quiriego, located in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. Geography The Quiriego Municipality area is 2,705.72 km². The town is located ...

is the county seat of Quiriego Municipality. Quiriego is located east of

Ciudad Obregón Ciudad Obregón is a city in southern Sonora. It is the state's second largest city after Hermosillo and serves as the municipal seat of Cajeme, as of 2020, the city has a population of 436,484. Ciudad Obregón is south of the state's norther ...

and is connected by dirt road with the main Federal Highway 15 at the village of Funcición.

Population

The Quiriego Municipality population count was 3,335 in 2005. The municipal population has been decreasing steadily since 1980 when it was 4,474.www.sonora.gob.mx: Pg218
/ref> There are 121 localities in Quiriego Municipality, the largest of which are:

History

The name Quiriego comes from the Latin words in the liturgy of the mass "kirie" lord and "ego" I. Located in this region are the ruins of the ancient Real de Minas y Villa de Baroyeca, which was one of the most important settlements in Sonora during the colonial period and beginning of the post-independence era. Ruins of the former missions of Batacosa and Tepahui, founded in the eighteenth century, can also be seen. The municipal seat, Quiriego, was originally a ranch belonging to Francisco Javier Valenzuela in the last years of the eighteenth century. Quiriego became a municipality in 1932.

Geography

The Quiriego Municipality area is 2,705.72 km². It is within the

Sonoran Desert The Sonoran Desert ( es, Desierto de Sonora) is a desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona ...

. ;Neighboring municipalities Neighboring Municipalities are

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to the north,

Álamos Álamos () is a town in Álamos Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. Historically an important center of silver mining, the town's economy is now dominated by the tourist sector. Designated a ''pueblo mágico ...

to the east,

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and the state of Chihuahua to the south, and

Cajeme Cajeme is one of the 72 municipalities of the northwestern state of Sonora, Mexico. It is named after Cajemé, a Yaqui leader. The municipality has an area of 3,312.05 km2 (1,278.79 sq mi) and with a population of 433,050 inhabitants as of 20 ...

to the west.

Climate

Economy

Agriculture and cattle raising are the main economic activities. Main crops are watermelon, sorghum, corn, beans, and grasses for cattle raising. There were 34,096 head of cattle in 2000
Gobierno de Sonora

References

Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

INEGI

External links

Sonora.gob.mx: Quiriego — ayuntamiento digital
— ''Official website of Quiriego, Sonora'' (Spanish). Municipalities of Sonora {{commonscat