Granados, Sonora
Encyclopedia
Granados is a municipality
and its municipal seat in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora
. The municipal area is 361.27 km2. and the population was 1,235 in 2000 (3.48 inhab./km². By 2005 the population had decreased to 938 due to emigration due to insufficient educational infrastructure and the lack of job opportunities. The population of the municipal seat was 1,228 according to the 2000 census. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx
The terrain is mountainous and the average annual temperature is 19°C. The rainy season is from July to September and the average annual rainfall is 485.9 mm.
Subsistence agriculture and cattle raising are the main economic activities. The main crops are corn and beans and grasses for fodder. Calves are exported to the United States of America
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The town was named after Don José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, second bishop of Sonora from 1788 to 1794.
Municipalities of Mexico
Municipalities are the second-level administrative division in Mexico . There are 2,438 municipalities in Mexico, making the average municipality population 45,616...
and its municipal seat in the northeast 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....
. The municipal area is 361.27 km2. and the population was 1,235 in 2000 (3.48 inhab./km². By 2005 the population had decreased to 938 due to emigration due to insufficient educational infrastructure and the lack of job opportunities. The population of the municipal seat was 1,228 according to the 2000 census. http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx
The terrain is mountainous and the average annual temperature is 19°C. The rainy season is from July to September and the average annual rainfall is 485.9 mm.
Subsistence agriculture and cattle raising are the main economic activities. The main crops are corn and beans and grasses for fodder. Calves are exported to the United States of America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The town was named after Don José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, second bishop of Sonora from 1788 to 1794.
External links
- Granados, Ayuntamiento Digital (Official Website of Granados, Sonora)
- Photo of Granados