4-450: Trincheras Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in north-western Mexico . This article about a location in the Mexican state of Sonora is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 30°23′20″N 111°30′47″W / 30.3889°N 111.5131°W / 30.3889; -111.5131 Municipalities of Sonora Sonora is
8-478: A state in Northwestern Mexico that is divided into 72 municipalities . According to the 2020 Mexican census , it is the eighteenth most populated state with 2,944,840 inhabitants and the 2nd largest by land area spanning 179,354.7 square kilometres (69,249.2 sq mi). The largest municipality by population is Hermosillo , with 936,263 residents (31.79% of the state's total), while
12-465: The smallest is Onavas with 365 residents. The largest municipality by land area is also Hermosillo which spans 15,724.30 km (6,071.19 sq mi), and the smallest is San Felipe de Jesús with 151.30 km (58.42 sq mi). The newest municipalities are Benito Juárez and San Ignacio Río Muerto , established in 1996. Municipalities in Sonora are administratively autonomous of
16-577: The state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico . Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal ) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council ( ayuntamiento ) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors ( regidores y síndicos ). Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and
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