Navojoa Municipality
Introduction '''Navojoa Municipality''' is a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora in north-western Mexico. As of 2015, the municipality had a total population of 163,650.
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===Winged VictoryThe municipality shares its boundaries with Cajeme Municipality and Quiriego Municipality in the north, with Álamos Municipality in the east, with Huatabampo Municipality in the southwest and with Etchojoa Municipality 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. Highway Mex 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. There is a regional airport in the municipal seat.
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 link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario  1931–1932 Francisco Viscarra PNR link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario 1932–1933 Tomás Siqueiros PNR link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario 1933–1935 Juan Bautista Muñoz PNR link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario 1935 Miguel Mendívil PNR link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario 1935–1937 Pascual Contreras PNR link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario 1937–1939 Crisóforo M. Vázquez PNR link=Partido Nacional Revolucionario PRM link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana  1941–1943 Gerardo Romero PRM link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana 1943–1944 Benito Bernal PRM link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana 1944–1946 Alejo Aguilera Rojas PRM link=Partido de la Revolución Mexicana 1946–1949 Tomás Siqueiros PRI 22px 1949–1952 Jorge R. Ibarra PRI 22px 1952–1955 Carlos González Agraz PRI 22px 1955–1958 Gerardo Campoy Campoy PRI 22px 1958–1961 Rafael J. Almada PRI 22px 1961–1964 Filiberto Cruz Mendívil PRI 22px 1964–1966 Servando Monsiváis M. PRI 22px 1966–1967 Roberto Talamante C. PRI 22px 1967–1970 Luis Salido Quiroz PRI 22px 1970–1973 Julio Martínez Bracamontes PRI 22px 1973–1975 Samuel Ocaña García PRI 22px 1975–1976 José de J. Dow Almada PRI 22px 1976–1979 Daniel Acosta Cázares PRI 22px 1979 Ángel R. Bours PRI 22px Acting municipal president1979 Ovidio Pereyda García PRI 22px Acting municipal president1979–1982 Luis Salido Ibarra PRI 22px 1982–1985 Alfonso Rocha Moya PRI 22px 1985–1988 Arturo León Lerma PRI 22px 1988–1991 José Antonio Urbina Sánchez PRI 22px 1991–1994 Ángel Robinson Bours Urrea PRI 22px 1994–1997 Arsenio Duarte Murrieta PRI 22px 1997–2000 Rafael Carlos Quiroz Narváez PRD 20px 2000–2003 PRD 20px 2003–2006 Gustavo Mendívil Amparán PRI 22px 2006–2009 Onésimo Mariscales Delgadillo PRI 22px Panal 20px Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal2009–2012 José Abraham Mendívil López PRI 22px PVEM 19px Panal 20px 2012–2015 Alberto Natanael Guerrero López PRI 22px PVEM 19px 2015–2018 Raúl Augusto Silva Vela PAN 22px 2018–2021 María del Rosario Quintero Borbón PT 20px Morena 20px PES 22px Coalition "Together We Will Make History"2021–20-01-2023 Mario Martín Martínez Bojórquez Morena link=Morena (partido político) Died in office09-02-2023– Jorge Alberto Elías Retes Morena link=Morena (partido político) Acting municipal president
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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