Municipio Benito Juarez (Sonora)

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Benito Juarez
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Basic data
Country Mexico
State Sonora
Seat Villa Juarez
surface 369.7 km²
Residents 22,009 (2010)
density 59.5 inhabitants per km²
founding December 26, 1996error
INEGI no. 26071

Coordinates: 27 ° 0 ′  N , 109 ° 50 ′  W

The municipality of Benito Juárez is one of the 72 administrative units in the Mexican state of Sonora . The seat of the municipality is Villa Juárez . The 2010 census counted 22,009 inhabitants in the municipality, the area amounts to 369.7 km².

geography

The municipality of Benito Juárez is located in the south of the state of Sonora at an altitude of up to 100  m in the physiographic province of the Pacific coastal plain. Over 95% of the municipality drains over the Río Mayo . More than 80% of the community area is used for arable farming. Alluvial soils and the vertisol soil type dominate in the municipality .

It borders the Municipios Cajeme and Etchojoa and the Gulf of California .

history

After the construction of the La Angostura Dam, Colonia Irrigación was founded in 1943 , and its name was changed to Villa Juárez in 1957 . In 1996 the municipality of Benito Juárez was formed from parts of the municipality of Etchojoa and Villa Juárez was determined as the capital.

Places and population

According to the 2010 census, the municipality of Benito Juárez includes 78 inhabited localidades , the largest of which is the main town of Villa Juárez (13,770 inhabitants). In addition to Villa Juárez, Paredón Colorado (2665 inhabitants) is also an urban settlement. Three other localidades had at least 500 inhabitants in 2010: Paredoncito (2251), Jecopaco (1196) and Agua Blanca (861).

Of the 22,009 inhabitants of the municipality counted in the 2010 census, 11,088 were male and 1,036 were speakers of indigenous languages . 3,134 people lived in extreme poverty.

government

Municipal presidents were:

  • Guillermo Paredes Cebreros (2012-2015)
  • Manuel de Jesús Bustamante Sandoval (2009–2012)
  • Felipe Mondragón Fragoso (2009)
  • Ernesto Cornejo Valenzuela (2006-2009)
  • Víctor Molina Beltrán (2003-2006)
  • María Cristina Carvajal Pack (2000-2003)
  • Ramón Marquez Vera (1997-2000)
  • Luis Herrera Portillo (1994–1997)

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