Altar (
O'odham: Wawuk) is small city and municipal seat of
Altar Municipality in the
Mexican state
A Mexican State (), officially the Free and Sovereign State (), is a constituent federative entity of Mexico according to the Constitution of Mexico. Currently there are 31 states, each with its own constitution, government, state governor, a ...
of
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de 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 divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
. It is located in the northwest region of the state at .
Geography
The town of Altar is situated on the important Mexicali to Hermosillo Highway (
Federal Highway 2).
Climate
See also
*
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*
ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140218221456/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8171843/ Article on illegal immigrants from MSNBraceros: sanctuary for border crossersArticle in Spanish about illegal border crossing
Tohono O'odham
Populated places in Sonora
Populated places in the Sonoran Desert of Mexico
1775 establishments in New Spain
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