Sonora

Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico east of the Gulf of California. He has 2,662,280 inhabitants 182,052 km ². The capital was initially Arizpe and today is Hermosillo. The most important port is in Guaymas.

The state has a share in the Sonoran Desert, the driest desert in the North American continent, which also engages in the neighboring U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico. The mouth of the Colorado separates him from the Baja California peninsula.

History

After losing the war against the United States (1846-1848) and the subsequent sale of the adjacent Gadsden area (1853 ), the sparsely populated Sonora specifically, but also Mexico generally an experimental field of the Panlatinismus. In order to strengthen the "Latin race" against the advance of the North American, French settlers built 1853/54 in Northern Mexico an independent settlers Republic, their leader Gaston de Raousset - Boulbon, however, was in 1854 in Guaymas defeated by the Mexicans.

In 1854 ( William Walker) and 1857 failed similar, operated by California or Baja California from U.S. counter- projects.

Cities and Towns

Sonora is divided administratively into 72 municipios. The biggest cities of the state are: