Sonora
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| Sonora | |||
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| Country |  |
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| Capital | Hermosillo | ||
| Municipalities | 72 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Governor | Eduardo Bours Castelo (PRI) | ||
| - Federal Deputies | PAN: 5 PRI: 2 |
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| - Federal Senators | PAN: 2 PRI: 1 |
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| Area Ranked 2nd |
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| - State | 182,052 km² (70,290.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - State | 2,394,861 (Ranked 19th) | ||
| HDI (2004) | 0.8163 - high Ranked 10th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | MX-SON | ||
| Postal abbr. | Son. | ||
| Website: Sonora State Government | |||
Sonora is a Mexian state, located in the northwestern Mexico region. Sonora borders the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. To the north Sonora accounts for a long stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico; to the west it borders the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).
| Political divisions of Mexico | |
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| States | Aguascalientes • Baja California • Baja California Sur • Campeche • Chiapas • Chihuahua • Coahuila • Colima • Durango • Guanajuato • Guerrero • Hidalgo • Jalisco • Mexico (state) • Michoacán • Morelos • Nayarit • Nuevo Leon • Oaxaco • Puebla • Querétaro • Quintana Roo • San Luis Potosí • Sinaloa • Sonora • Tabasco • Tamaulipas • Tlaxcala • Veracruz • Yucatán • Zacatecas |
| National capital | Mexico City |
