Fronteras
Sign in to saveFronteras is the seat of Fronteras Municipality in the northeastern part of the Mexican state of Sonora. Frontera translates as Border. The elevation is 1,120 meters and neighboring municipalities are Agua Prieta, Nacozari and Bacoachi. The area is 2839.62 km2, which represents 1.53% of the state total.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Fronteras
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:3aFronteras.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Buildings and a hill
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mexico Sonora#Mexico
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Mexico
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sonora
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Fronteras
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001 est.
- Settlement.population_total
- 876
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -7
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 1,120
- Settlement.elevation_ft
- 3,675
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Fronteras Municipality
- Population
- 834
- Elevation
- 1130
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Capital of
- Fronteras Municipality
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- Commons category
- Fronteras, Sonora
- inception
- 1645-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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Fronteras is the seat of Fronteras Municipality in the northeastern part of the Mexican state of Sonora. Frontera translates as Border. The elevation is 1,120 meters and neighboring municipalities are Agua Prieta, Nacozari and Bacoachi. The area is 2839.62 km2, which represents 1.53% of the state total.
Fronteras was founded by the Jesuits as a mission in 1645.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fronteras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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