San Javier is a town, and the surrounding municipality

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...

 of the same name, in 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 elevation is 650 meters. The area of the municipality is 793.27 km². and the population was 279 in 2000. Surrounding municipalities are Soyopa

Soyopa

Soyopa is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. The elevation is 350 meters. The municipal area is 846.33 km2...

 to the north, Onavas

Onavas

Onavas is a small town surrounded by its municipal area in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.-Area and Population:The municipal area is 529.48 km² with a population of 479 registered in 2000. Most of this population lives in the small municipal seat. It is located at an elevation of...

, to the east, Suaqui Grande

Suaqui Grande

Suaqui Grande is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the eastern region of the Mexican state of Sonora. It was founded in 1620 by the missionary Martín Burgencio.The municipal area is 889.28 km2...

, to the south, and Colorada, to the west.

Most of the small population is involved in animal raising and subsistence farming.

External links

• San Javier, Ayuntamiento Digital (Portal Oficial del Municipio de San Javier, Sonora)