Plutarco Elías Calles is a municipality

Municipalities of Mexico

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 in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora

Sonora

Sonora officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 72 municipalities; the capital city is Hermosillo....

. Its municipal seat and main urban center is Sonoyta, on the United States border opposite Lukeville, Arizona

Arizona

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.

Area and population

The municipal area is 4,121.15 km². The municipal population counted in 2010 was 15,652. The population of Sonoyta, the main settlement and municipal seat was 12,849. It is located at an elevation of 406 meters. Most of the population lives in the north, as the south is an inhospitable desert. The only other locality with a population of over 1,000 inhabitants is called Desierto de Sonora, just east-southeast of Sonoyta. Its population was 1,188 in the 2010 census.

Neighboring municipalities

Neighboring municipalities are Caborca to the east and Puerto Peñasco

Puerto Peñasco (municipality)

Puerto Peñasco is a municipality in Sonora in north-western Mexico. The only locality with a significant population is the municipal seat, also named Puerto Peñasco, which contains almost 99% of the municipality's population...

 to the east, south and west. The municipality borders Pima County

Pima County, Arizona

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*74.3% White*3.5% Black*3.3% Native American*2.6% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.7% Two or more races*12.4% Other races*34.6% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

 and Yuma County

Yuma County, Arizona

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*70.4% White*2.0% Black*1.6% Native American*1.2% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.8% Two or more races*20.8% Other races*59.7% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, Arizona

Arizona

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, in the United States of America

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 to the north.

Geography

The north of the municipality is semi-desert with some hills. The south is part of the Gran Desierto de Altar

Gran Desierto de Altar

The Gran Desierto de Altar is one of the major portions of the Sonoran Desert of Mexico, including the only active erg dune region in North America. It extends across much of the northern border of the Gulf of California, reaching more than 100 kilometers east to west, and over 50 km north to...

, one of the driest and most inhospitable places in the Western Hemisphere.

Economic activity

Agriculture is mainly irrigated by pumping from wells. Main crops are garden vegetables, alfalfa, beans, corn, cotton, and the production of fodder for the cattle industry, which is also important. http://www.sonoraturismo.gob.mx/pitiquito-sonora.htm

Industry consists of plants transforming cotton and packing houses for vegetables. There is also a small cheese factory. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/sonora/municipios/26070a.htm

External links

• General Plutarco Elías Calles (Sonoyta), Sonora, Ayuntamiento Digital (Official Website of General Plutarco Elías Calles (Sonoyta), Sonora, Sonora)