Altar (
O'odham: Wawuk) is small city and municipal seat of
Altar Municipality
Altar is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico. The municipality had a 2010 census population of 9,049 inhabitants, the vast majority of whom lived in the municipal seat of Altar, which had a population of 7,927 inhabitants. There are n ...
in the
Mexican state
The states of Mexico are first-level administrative territorial entities of the country of Mexico, which is officially named United Mexican States. There are 32 federal entities in Mexico (31 states and the capital, Mexico City, as a separate en ...
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 Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 72 municipalities; the ...
. It is located in the northwest region of the state at .
The town of Altar is situated on the important Mexicali to Hermosillo Highway (
Federal Highway 2). Most of the roads leading into the desert are not paved.
Climate
See also
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Centro Comunitario de Atencion al Migrante y Necesitado (CCAMYN)
References
Enciclopedia de los Municipios de MexicoINEGI
Notes
External links
Altar, Ayuntamiento Digital''(Official WebSite of Altar, Sonora)''
Pulitzer Center Project on Illegal Immigration*
ttp://www.nbcnews.com/id/8171843 Article on illegal immigrants from MSNBraceros: sanctuary for border crossersArticle in Spanish about illegal border crossing
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Tohono O'odham
Populated places in Sonora
Populated places in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico
1775 establishments in New Spain