San Luis Río Colorado Municipality
Introduction '''San Luis Río Colorado''' is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in northwestern Mexico, covering an area of 8412.75 km2.The municipality is the location of the city of San Luis Rio Colorado, the community of El Golfo de Santa Clara, and the Bahia Adair biosphere preserve.
Geography The municipality is in the Lower Colorado River Valley, with the Colorado River along its west,  the U.S.-Mexico border along the north, and to the Colorado River Delta on the southwest, and the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) along the south.===Adjacent jurisdictions===* Yuma County, Arizona — north* Puerto Peñasco Municipality, Sonora — east* Mexicali Municipality and Colorado River, Baja California  — west* Gulf of California (Sea of Cortes) — south===Populated places===The largest cities, towns, and villages within the municipality include: '''Name'''  '''2020 Census Population''' San Luis Río Colorado  176,685 Luis B. Sánchez  5,970 Golfo de Santa Clara  4,618 Islita  2,332 Estación Riíto  1,413   1,217 '''Total Municipality'''  '''199,021'''===Former settlements===Former historical settlements sites within the current municipality, many along the Colorado River that served shipping by steamboats on the Colorado River, include: '''Name'''  founded  abandoned  '''Notes''' Colonia Lerdo  1870s  1900s  Agricultural settlement Gridiron  1854  1879  Colorado River steamboat landing Hualapai Smith's 1860s  1879  Colorado River steamboat landing Lerdo Landing  1870s  1900s  Colorado River landing for Colonia Lerdo	 Ogden's Landing  1854  1879  Colorado River steamboat landing Port Famine  1854  1879  Colorado River steamboat landing Port Isabel  1864  1879   Colorado River steamboat landing and Pacific Ocean seaport
History The first vaccines against the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico arrived for medical personal on January 13, 2021.Eleven people were arrested for possession of weapons reserved for the military on March 13, 2021.
Government ===Municipal presidents==='''Municipal president''''''Term''''''Political party''''''Notes'''Félix M. Contreras1939–1941PRM link=Partido de la Revolución MexicanaCarlos Encinas1941–1943PRM link=Partido de la Revolución MexicanaAlberto Veytia Ponce1943–1946PRM link=Partido de la Revolución MexicanaHeriberto R. Silva1946–1949PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyRefugio del Río Sáenz1949–1952PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyIsidro Parra Olguín1952–1955PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyEulogio Medina Hoyos1955–1958PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyMario Morúa Johnson1958–1961PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyCarlos Rodríguez Araiza1961PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyActing municipal presidentManuel Parra Peralta1961–1964PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyCarlos Rodríguez Araiza1964–1967PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyRafael Loya Castro1967–1970PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyJorge Flores Valdez1970–1973PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyRubén Payán Serrano1973–1976PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyIgnacio Guzmán Gómez1976–1979PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyRodolfo Rogel Villa1979–1982PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyFausto Ochoa Medina1982–1985PAN 22pxSergio Miguel García Íñiguez1985–1988PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyJosé Jesús Bustamante Salcido1988–1991PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyGilberto Madrid Navarro1991–1994PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyJorge Figueroa González1994–1997PAN 22px1997–2000PAN 22pxJosé Enrique Reina Lizárraga2000–2003PAN 22pxJosé Inés Palafox Núñez2003–2006PAN 22pxHéctor Rubén Espino Santana2006–2009PAN 22pxManuel de Jesús Baldenebro Arredondo2009–2012PRI link=Institutional Revolutionary PartyLeonardo Guillén Medina2012–2015PAN 22pxJosé Enrique Reina Lizárraga2015–2018PAN 22pxSantos González Yescas2018–2021PT 20px Morena 20px PES 22pxCoalition "Together We Will Make History"Santos González Yescas2021–Morena 20pxWas reelected on 06/06/2021
See also * * Alto Golfo de California Biosphere Reserve*
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