Hermosillo
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Coordinates: 29 ° 6 ′ N , 110 ° 57 ′ W Hermosillo on the map of Sonora
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| Country | Mexico | |
| State | Sonora | |
| Municipio | Hermosillo | |
| City foundation | 1700 | |
| Residents | 715,061 (2010) | |
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| height | 216 m | |
| Post Code | 83300 | |
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Hermosillo [ eɾmoˈsiʎo ] is the capital of the Mexican state of Sonora and the Municipio Hermosillo and has 715,061 inhabitants (2010). The city's international airport is a hub for flights from the United States to northwestern Mexico. Hermosillo is also the seat of the Archdiocese of Hermosillo .
history
The origins of the city date back to 1700 when it was still called Villa de Pitic . The city only adopted its current name in 1828 in honor of the general and independence fighter José María González de Hermosillo . In 1881 a railway line from Hermosillo to Guaymas was opened and with growing trade and agriculture the population rose to 14,000 by the end of the 19th century.
During the Mexican Revolution , the city was the capital of Mexico and the seat of the cabinet of Venustiano Carranza for a few months .
In a major fire in a kindergarten in the city on June 5, 2009, a Friday, 43 small children were killed. In the following period the improvement of the fire protection regulations for such facilities was discussed in the Mexican public.
education
economy
Since NAFTA was founded , Hermosillo has become a preferred investment location for American and Mexican companies. 114 companies have manufacturing facilities in the city, including Ford Motor Company .
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Hermosillo
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Twin cities
- Irvine , California , USA
- Norwalk , California, USA
- Phoenix , Arizona , USA
- Torreón , Mexico
- Riyadh , Saudi Arabia
sons and daughters of the town
- Bill Meléndez (1916–2008), American animator
- Luis Aguilar (1918–1997), actor and singer
- César Rosas (* 1954), rock singer and guitarist
- Elsa Benítez (* 1977), photo model
- Jesús Molina (* 1988), football player
- Jesús Manuel Corona Ruíz (* 1993), football player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Postcode Zip Code Hermosillo, Mexico - GeoPostcodes. Retrieved August 6, 2018 .
- ↑ The number of victims in the daycare fire rises to 42 deaths. In: welt.de. June 8, 2009, accessed December 2, 2014 .
- ↑ sh: Kita fire in Mexico: rain of fire dripped down on children. In: zeit.de. June 8, 2009, accessed December 2, 2014 .
- ↑ http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?no=385359&rel_no=1
- ^ List of the dead of the Procuraduría General de Justicia (PGJE Nota from: 07/06/2009 21:50) ( Memento from January 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Sister Cities International ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 30, 2016
- ↑ Norwalk website , accessed November 30, 2016
- ↑ Invest in Torreón, Newsletter Nov. 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 30, 2016
