San Javier is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
state
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* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, 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 ...
in north-western
Mexico
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. As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 557.
The municipal seat is at
San Javier, Sonora
San Javier is a town in San Javier Municipality, in the Mexican state of Sonora. The elevation is 650 meters.
The municipality is located in the extreme southwest of the Sierra El Aliso, west of the Yaqui River
The Yaqui River (RÃo Yaqui ...
.
The area of the municipality is 793.27 km
2. and the population was 557 in 2015. Surrounding municipalities are
Soyopa to the north,
Ónavas
Ónavas is a small town surrounded by Onavas Municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.
Name
The name Ónavas comes from the Cahita language and means salty water.
Geography Climate
It was founded in 1622 as Mission San Ig ...
to the east,
Suaqui Grande
Suaqui Grande is a town in Suaqui Grande Municipality, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. It was founded in 1620 by the Jesuit
The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesui ...
to the south, and
Colorada to the west.
References
Municipalities of Sonora
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