Benito Juárez Municipality, Sonora
Benito Juárez is one of the 72 municipalities ''(municipios)'' of the Mexican state of Sonora. It borders with the municipio of Cajeme. The municipal seat is Villa Juárez. History The region was settled in the 1940s after the construction of the Angostura Dam and 151 members of the government division of irrigation were given land in the Mayo Valley in place of what would have been compensation with cash. In 1943 the ex-employees settled in a place they later appropriately named "Colonia Irrigación" ("Irrigation Colony") and later it became dependent on the town ( comisaría) Bacobampo until it itself became a town in 1947. In 1957 "Colonia Irrigación" was renamed as Villa Juárez (after president Benito Juárez). Another settlement in the region was called "Sube y Baja" ("up and down") populated by indigenous inhabitants. In 1996 the region was incorporated into a municipality with the name of Benito Juárez. Before this time the town was part of Etchojoa Municipality ...
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Municipalities Of Sonora
Sonora is a state in Northwestern Mexico that is divided into 72 municipalities. According to the 2020 Mexican Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ..., it is the eighteenth most populated state with inhabitants and the 2nd largest by land area spanning . Municipalities in Sonora are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: ''presidente municipal'') by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (''ayuntamiento'') responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (''regidores y síndicos''). Munici ...
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