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Hermosillo
Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in Santísima Trinidad del Pitic and Presidio del Pitic), is a city in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the state's capital and largest city, as well as the primary economic center for the state and the region. As of 2020, the city has a population of 936,263, making it the 18th largest city in Mexico. The recent increase in the city's population is due to expanded industrialization, especially within the automotive industry.
Ciudad Obregón
municipal seat of Cajeme, State of Sonora, Mexico
Heroica Nogales
municipal seat of Nogales, State of Sonora, Mexico
San Luis Río Colorado
municipal seat of San Luis, State of Sonora, Mexico
Puerto Peñasco
municipal seat of Puerto Peñasco, State of Sonora, Mexico
Heroica Ciudad de Cananea
Cananea is a city in the Mexican state of Sonora, Northwestern Mexico. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cananea, in the vicinity of the U.S−Mexico border.
Empalme
municipal seat of Empalme, State of Sonora, Mexico
Altar
municipal seat of Altar, State of Sonora, Mexico
Benjamín Hill
municipal seat of Benjamín Hill, State of Sonora, Mexico
Tubutama
Tubutama is a town in the north-west of the Mexican state of Sonora. It serves as the seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name.
Naco
municipal seat of Naco, State of Sonora, Mexico
Bahía de Kino
town in Hermosillo Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Huatabampo
Huatabampo () is a city in Huatabampo Municipality in the state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. It is situated on the Gulf of California, near the mouth of the Mayo River. It is located at latitude . Huatabampo is southwest of Navojoa via Sonora State Highway 56 and Sonora State Highway 149. Mexican Federal Highway 15 can be accessed via Sonora State Highway 176. It is notable as the home of revolutionary general Álvaro Obregón, a successful chickpea farmer before the Mexican Revolution, and now his burial site.
Arizpe
Arizpe (or Arispe) is a small town and the municipal seat of the Arizpe Municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located at 30°20'"N 110°09'"W. The area of the municipality is 2,806.78 sq.km. The population in 2020 was 1,666, with a population density of 1,365.57 habitants per square kilometer.
Santa Ana
municipal seat of Santa Ana, State of Sonora, Mexico
Nacozari de García
municipal seat of Nacozari, State of Sonora, Mexico
Etchohuaquila
thumb|400px|Etchohuaquila, Navojoa, Sonora
Bácum
Bácum is a small city and the county seat of Bácum Municipality, located in the south of the Mexican state of Sonora at .
Cumpas
thumb|Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, local church
Puerto Libertad
town in Pitiquito Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Cócorit
Cócorit is a town located in the municipality of Cajeme in the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora. The name of the town is derived from the Yaqui (Yoem noki, or Hiak noki) word for a chili pepper, ''ko'oko'i. Cócorit and the municipality of Cajeme are within the Yaqui River Valley. The comisario municipal'' ("municipal commissioner") of Cajeme is Ing. Arturo Soto Valenzuela. Cócorit reported a 2005 census population of 7,953 inhabitants, and is the fifth-largest town in the municipality of Cajeme (after Ciudad Obregón, Esperanza, Pueblo Yaqui, and Tobarito).
San Javier
municipal seat of San Javier, State of Sonora, Mexico
Las Delicias
town in Banámichi Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
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. Bacobampo is 22 meters above sea level.
Punta Chueca
town in Hermosillo Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Sáric
Sáric (O'odham: Ṣaʼalk mountain pass) is a small town in Sáric Municipality, located in the extreme north of the Mexican state of Sonora. In 2010, it had a population of 892.
San Miguel de Horcasitas
municipal seat of San Miguel, State of Sonora, Mexico
Mazatán
municipal seat of Mazatán, State of Sonora, Mexico
Santa Cruz
municipal seat of Santa Cruz, State of Sonora, Mexico
Rayón
municipal seat of Rayón, State of Sonora, Mexico
Banámichi
Banámichi () is a small town in north-central Sonora, Mexico. It serves as the seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Geographical coordinates are .
Quiriego
thumb|Quiriego, Sonora thumb|Quiriego municipio
Yavaros
Yavaros is a fishing ports of Sonora state in Mexico and is one of six ports within the state. The population of Yavaros is 4,058. It is located within Huatabampo Municipality.
San Ignacio Río Muerto
municipal seat of San Ignacio, State of Sonora, Mexico
Cíbuta
El Cibuta is a town in the Mexican state of Sonora. The name is native and means “feather head dress” in the Tohono O’odham language the original inhabitants of the area. See the publication Trails to Tiburón The 1894 and 1895 Field Diaries of W J McGee
San Pedro de la Cueva
municipal seat of San Pedro, State of Sonora, Mexico
Pesqueira
town in San Miguel Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Bacoachi
250px|thumb|San Miguel Arcangel Church, the local Catholic place of worship. Bacoachi is a small town in Bacoachi Municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. The area of the municipality is 487 square miles (1,260.65 km2) and the population (rural and urban) was 1,475 in 2020.The elevation of the municipal seat is 4,429 feet (1,350 meters) above sea level.
Divisaderos
thumb|Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Divisaderos Divisaderos the municipal seat of Divisaderos Municipality of the Mexican state of Sonora. It is located at , about 20 mi/30 km SE of Moctezuma. Access is by paved road to Moctezuma and Tepache. Almost all he inhabitants live in the municipal seat, which lies at an elevation of 850 m. ==Economy== The economy is based on subsistence agriculture of corn and beans as well as cattle-raising, especially to export of calves to the United States.
El Desemboque
town in Pitiquito Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
San Felipe de Jesús
municipal seat of San Felipe de Jesús, State of Sonora, Mexico
Las Bocas
town in Huatabampo Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Ejido Valdez
human settlement in Mexico
Trincheras
Trincheras is a town in Trincheras Municipality, in the north-west of the Mexican state of Sonora. It was founded in 1775 by . The municipal area is 3,764.26 km2, and the population in 2000 was 1,788. ==Economy== The main economic activities are cattle raising (21,000 head in 2000) and subsistence farming.
Carbó
thumb|Main Entrance of Carbó
La Estancia
town in Aconchi Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Agiabampo
Agiabampo is a hamlet of Huatabampo Municipality, located in the south of Mexican state of Sonora. According to data from the census of Population and Housing conducted in 2010 by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), Agiabampo has a total of 409 inhabitants.
Sinoquipe
Sinoquipe is a town in the Arizpe Municipality located in the north-central region of the Mexican state of Sonora, in the western part of the Sierra Madre Occidental.
Huépac
thumb|right | Ruins in HuépacHuepac is the seat of a Huépac Municipality in the center of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 317.37 km2 with a population of 1,142 registered in 2000. Most of the inhabitants live in the municipal seat.
Chinapa
Chinapa (from Opata , meaning "place of the cascalotes") is a village in Arizpe Municipality in the central-northern region of the Mexican state of Sonora, near the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sonora River.
Estación Torres
town in La Colorada Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Bataconcica
Bataconcica (from the Yaqui ''Ba'atakomsika Where the water came down'), also known as Museo Chopocuni, is a locality in Bácum Municipality located in the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora in the Yaqui Valley area. The locality is the sixth most populous in the municipality, as according to the 2020 Census by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), Bataconcica has a total of 573 inhabitants. A large number of Yaqui indigenous people reside in Bataconcica.
Granados
municipal seat of Granados, State of Sonora, Mexico
San Bernardo
human settlement in Guaymas, Mexico
San Bernardino
locality in Agua Prieta, Mexico
Colonia Soto
town in Etchojoa Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
Las Conchas
town in Puerto Peñasco Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico
El Chinal
town in Álamos Municipality, State of Sonora, Mexico