Mazatán Municipality is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Mexican state
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of
Sonora
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in north-western
Mexico
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.
Area and population
The municipal area is 649.27 km
2 with a population of 4,187 registered in 2000
The municipal seat had a population of 1,499 in 2000. It is located at an elevation of 450 meters.
Neighboring municipalities
Neighboring municipalities are
Ures Municipality
Ures is a small city and a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora.
Area
It has an area of 2,618.56 square kilometers. This is 1.41% of the total area of the state, and 0.13 percent of the national area of Me ...
,
Villa Pesqueira Municipality,
La Colorada Municipality
La Colorada Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in north-western Mexico
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, and
Hermosillo Municipality.
References
Municipalities of Sonora
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