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Quiriego Municipality

Quiriego Municipality
FieldValue
nameQuiriego
settlement_typeMunicipality
image_shieldEscudo de Quiriego Sonora.png
image_mapMapa Municipios Sonora Quiriego.png
map_captionLocation of the municipality in Sonora
pushpin_label_positionabove
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Mexico
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameMexico
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Sonora
subdivision_type2Municipal seat
subdivision_name2Quiriego
area_total_km22,705.72
population_as_of2005
population_total3,335
timezoneZona Pacífico
utc_offset-7
coordinates

Quiriego is a municipality in the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora.

Municipal seat

The town of Quiriego is the municipal seat of the municipality. Quiriego is located east of Ciudad Obregón and is connected by dirt road with the main Federal Highway 15 at the village of Fundición.

Population

The municipality's population count was 3,335 in 2005. The municipal population has been decreasing steadily since 1980 when it was 4,474.

There are 121 localities in the municipality of Quiriego, the largest of which are:

Name2020 Census Population
Quiriego1,299
Batacosa423
Cábora289
Tepahui274
Goijaquía125
Bacusa115
Los Bajíos (Ejido los Conejos)91
El Tanque87
El Puerto51
El Frijolar23
Total Municipality3,090

History

The name Quiriego comes from the Latin words in the liturgy of the mass "kirie" lord and "ego" I.

Located in this region are the ruins of the ancient Real de Minas y Villa de Baroyeca, which was one of the most important settlements in Sonora during the colonial period and beginning of the post-independence era.

Ruins of the former missions of Batacosa and Tepahui, founded in the eighteenth century, can also be seen.

The municipal seat, Quiriego, was originally a ranch belonging to Francisco Javier Valenzuela in the last years of the eighteenth century. Quiriego became a municipality in 1932.

Geography

The municipality's area is 2,705.72 km². It is within the Sonoran Desert.

;Neighboring municipalities Neighboring municipalities are Rosario to the north, Álamos to the east, Navojoa and the state of Chihuahua to the south, and Cajeme to the west.

Climate

Retrieved on November 24, 2011.

Landscape of the Municipality of Quiriego.

Economy

Agriculture and cattle raising are the main economic activities. Main crops are watermelon, sorghum, corn, beans, and grasses for cattle raising. There were 34,096 head of cattle in 2000. Gobierno de Sonora

References

References

  1. "-". [[Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal]].
  2. [http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/sonora-state-mexico/sonora-state-mexico-map-d3.shtml www.maps-of-mexico.com: Sonora Map]
  3. (July 2016)
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