Navojoa is a municipality in the state of Sonora in north-western Mexico. As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 163,650. The municipal seat is the city of Navojoa.

Demographics Navojoa is the fifth-largest municipality in Sonora (after Hermosillo, Cajeme, Nogales and San Luis Río Colorado) with a population of 163,650 as of 2015.

Geography Borders

The municipality shares its boundaries with Cajeme and Quiriego in the north, with Álamos in the east, with Huatabampo in the southwest and with Etchojoa in the west.

Localities Other towns, near the municipal seat are San Ignacio Cohuirimpo, Guadalupe, Guayparin, Tetanchopo, Santa María del Bauraje, Agiabampo, Masiaca, Bacabachi, and Pueblo Viejo.

Physical geography The region lies in the valley of the Mayo River, which crosses it from the northeast to the southwest.

Transport Transportation through the municipality is carried out by highway, railway, and airplane. Federal Highway 15 crosses the region from the northeast to the southeast. There is also an extensive network of tarmacked roads, connecting the municipal seat with the agricultural communities in the Mayo valley. The railway runs parallel to the national highway crossing the region. The Navojoa Airport is located in the municipality serving the city.

Government Municipal presidents Term Municipal president Political partyNotes1915–1916 Alejandro Velderráin Campoy 1916–1918 Demetrio Esquer 1918 Roque J. Ibarra 1918 C. Amparán  1918–1919 Ricardo Chávez 1919–1920 Ignacio L. Gómez 1920–1921 Francisco F. Ortiz 1921–1922 Román Yocupicio Valenzuela 1922–1923 Leobardo Tellechea 1923–1924 Medardo Tellechea 1924–1925 Jesús L. Almada 1925 José Goycolea Gil 1925–1926 Francisco Amparán 1926–1927 Heroldo C. Bórquez 1927 Rafael Vizcarra 1927–1928 Porfirio Yepiz 1928–1929 Juan J. Castillo 1929–1931 Onécimo J. Aguilera PNR 1931–1932 Francisco Viscarra PNR 1932–1933 Tomás Siqueiros PNR 1933–1935 Juan Bautista Muñoz PNR 1935 Miguel Mendívil PNR 1935–1937 Pascual Contreras PNR 1937–1939 Crisóforo M. Vázquez PNR PRM 1941–1943 Gerardo Romero PRM 1943–1944 Benito Bernal PRM 1944–1946 Alejo Aguilera Rojas PRM 1946–1949 Tomás Siqueiros PRI 1949–1952 Jorge R. Ibarra PRI 1952–1955 Carlos González Agraz PRI 1955–1958 Gerardo Campoy Campoy PRI 1958–1961 Rafael J. Almada PRI 1961–1964 Filiberto Cruz Mendívil PRI 1964–1966 Servando Monsiváis M. PRI 1966–1967 Roberto Talamante C. PRI 1967–1970 Luis Salido Quiroz PRI 1970–1973 Julio Martínez Bracamontes PRI 1973–1975 Samuel Ocaña García PRI 1975–1976 José de J. Dow Almada PRI 1976–1979 Daniel Acosta Cázares PRI 1979 Ángel R. Bours PRI Acting municipal president1979 Ovidio Pereyda García PRI Acting municipal president1979–1982 Luis Salido Ibarra PRI 1982–1985 Alfonso Rocha Moya PRI 1985–1988 Arturo León Lerma PRI 1988–1991 José Antonio Urbina Sánchez PRI 1991–1994 Ángel Robinson Bours Urrea PRI 1994–1997 Arsenio Duarte Murrieta PRI 1997–2000 Rafael Carlos Quiroz Narváez PRD 2000–2003 José Guadalupe Curiel PRD 2003–2006 Gustavo Mendívil Amparán PRI 2006–2009 Onésimo Mariscales Delgadillo PRI Panal Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal2009–2012 José Abraham Mendívil López PRI PVEM Panal 2012–2015 Alberto Natanael Guerrero López PRI PVEM 2015–23-03-2018 Raúl Augusto Silva Vela PAN He applied for a leave in order to seek the PAN candidacy for the 7th federal electoral district of Sonora24-03-2018–15-09-2018 Leticia Navarro Duarte PAN Acting municipal president16-09-2018–2021 María del Rosario Quintero Borbón PT Morena PES Coalition "Together We Will Make History"2021–20-01-2023 Mario Martín Martínez Bojórquez Morena Died in office09-02-2023–2024 Jorge Alberto Elías Retes Morena Acting municipal president2024– Jorge Alberto Elías Retes Morena PVEM PT Panal Sonora PES Sonora

Economy One quarter of the municipality (1,160 km2) is occupied by irrigated agricultural lands, growing wheat, corn, soybeans, and garden vegetables.

There is also large production of swine and poultry. Navojoa produces almost half of the state production in these areas. The cattle herd had over 30,000 head according to the 2000 census.

Industry is modest, although there are one beer factory, owned by Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma / Heineken, and a cardboard packing factory named Celulosa y Corrugados de Sonora, S.A. de C.V.

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