Benito Juárez is one of the 72
municipalities
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''(
municipio
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s)'' of the
Mexican state
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of
Sonora
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. It borders with the municipio of
Cajeme
Cajeme is one of the 72 Municipalities of Mexico, municipalities of the northwestern List of states of Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. It is named after Cajemé, a Yaqui people, Yaqui leader. The municipality has an area of 3,312.05 km2 (1 ...
. The municipal seat is
Villa Juárez. As of 2020, the population was of 21,692
[https://www.inegi.org.mx/programas/ccpv/2020/]
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
Bacobampo is a town in Etchojoa Municipality in Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the west bank of the Mayo River, 20 km north of Huatabampo and 25 km southwest of Navajoa. It is an agricultural town surrounded by fields. Bacoba ...
until it itself became a town in 1947. In 1957, "Colonia Irrigación" was renamed as
Villa Juárez (after president
Benito Juárez
Benito Pablo Juárez García (; 21 March 1806 – 18 July 1872) was a Mexican politician, military commander, and lawyer who served as the 26th president of Mexico from 1858 until his death in office in 1872. A Zapotec peoples, Zapotec, he w ...
). 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
Etchojoa is one of the seventy-two municipalities in the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located in the southern part of the state, in the Mayo Valley area and on the coast of the Gulf of California. Its municipal seat and most inhabited town is ...
.
Government
The
municipal president
A ''presidente municipal'' ( English: "municipal president") is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. This title was also used in the Philippines during the Spanish and American colonial periods; it is comparable to a mayor of the tow ...
s have been:
*Ernesto Cornejo Valenzuela (2003–2006)
*María Cristina Carvajal Pak (2000–2003)
*Ramón Marquez Vera (1997–2000)
*Luis Herrera Portillo (1994–1997)
External links
*
Benito Juárez, Ayuntamiento Digital''(Official Website of Benito Juárez, Sonora)''
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Municipalities of Sonora