Everything about Navojoa totally explained
Navojoa is the fifth-largest city in the northern
Mexican state of
Sonora and is situated in the southern part of Sonora, 608 kilometers (360 miles) south of the
state's border with the U.S. state of
Arizona. It is the administrative seat of a large municipality, located in the
Mayo Valley.
History
The city name derives from the native
Mayo language meaning "Cactus House" ("Navo"=
Cactus, "Jova"= House). The valley has been continuously inhabited since pre-Hispanic times by the
Mayo people.
In September of 1536,
Diego de Guzmán, a Spaniard, became the first known European to reach the valley and the first
Jesuit missionaries started settling in the region in 1614. Several
geoglyphs from the Mayo tribe can be found along the Mayo River.
Due to the city's distant location from
Mexico City, the difficult times of Mexico's independence in the early 1800s were largely absent from the region. However, the city played an important part in the
Mexican Revolution of 1910. Navojoa is the birthplace of Mexican Revolutionary
Álvaro Obregón. Álvaro Obregón became
president of Mexico after the revolt and initiated an
agricultural revolution in the Mayo/Yaqui Valley, introducing modern agricultural techniques and making this valley one of the most prosperous agricultural regions in Mexico.
Demographics
Navojoa is the fifth-largest municipality in
Sonora (after
Hermosillo,
Cajeme,
Nogales and
San Luis Río Colorado) with a population of 144,598.
Economy
Navojoa is part of the large economic center known as the Mayo Valley, which together with Ciudad Obregón and the Yaqui Valley, form one of the most productive agricultural regions in Mexico.
Although
agriculture remains the main source of income, the Navojoa region is increasingly dependent on industrial foreign investment and
aquaculture, especially
shrimp farming.
Two large swine production companies
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USA,
Germany and
Japan, as well as one brewery belonging to the
FEMSA group are among the main industries in Navojoa.
The city gains importance through its geographic diversity featuring close access to coastal, desert, and southwest mountainous areas as well as its close proximity to the United States and the neighboring state of Sinaloa. Navojoa is 64 kilometers (40 miles) south of
Ciudad Obregón connected primarily by a toll highway (Mex. 15) that extends north across the state of Sonora to the
Arizona border.
Transportation
Ciudad Obregón International Airport(CEN) is the nearest commercial airport, 48 kilometers (30 miles) north of Navojoa. It receives flights from
Ciudad Juárez,
Chihuahua,
Durango,
Guadalajara,
Hermosillo,
La Paz,
Loreto,
Los Mochis,
Los Cabos,
Mexico City,
Monterrey,
Puerto Vallarta,
Tijuana, and, internationally, from
Los Angeles,
Tucson,
Phoenix and
Houston in the
United States. Airlines serving this airport include Aeromexico, Aeromexico Connect, Aerolitoral, AeroCalifornia and AeroCalafia.
Alternate Airports to "Aeropuerto Internacional de Ciudad Obregón CEN" (Obregon's Intl. Airport) are Los Mochis, Sinaloa Airport (IATA: LMM) and Hermosillo International Airport (IATA: HMO). These two airports receive low cost airlines' flights incoming from the main cities of the Republic such as : Mexico City DF, Guadalajara, Queretaro, Monterrey and Tijuana.
Navojoa also has a
local airport next to the industrial sector, which is suitable for light private planes. It is about 8 kilometers (5 miles) south of the city center.
Several companies offer low, mid and luxury class bus services from Navojoa to the Mexican Republic and international destinations such as Tucson, Phoenix and Los Angeles in the United States. Connections are offered by foreign partner companies to other USA and Canada destinations.
Although Navojoa's streets are completely paved, horse-drawn carts are still used by the residents of the small surrounding communities (San Ignacio, Bacobampo, etc.). Horse carts are numerous enough that there's a parking lot reserved for them in Hidalgo St. near the Bazaar & Market in central Navojoa.
A north-south railroad is in operation, connecting to the Mexican Border in Nogales and to Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Education
The following institutions of higher education are based in Navojoa:
Tourism
The city is near the Gulf of California which offers a variety of beaches. The surrounding country is also popular for hunting ducks, doves and deer.
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The
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines dam is a popular fishing spot and stores water used for irrigating the valley via the
Mayo River. Other uses include kayaking, geoglyph-viewing and other leisure activities.
Las Bocas, 30 miles south of Navojoa, is a small beach community on the Gulf of California that's frequently visited by the local residents of Navojoa during spring. (April-May). It is particularly popular during "Semana Santa" (Holy Week), when campers stay for seven days and then return to Navojoa for Easter celebrations.
Navojoa also acts as a hub for those visiting the colonial town of
Álamos, which is 48 kilometers (30 miles) inland toward the mountains of the Sierra Madre.
Information about the Municipality of Navojoa
The municipality shares its boundaries with
Cajeme and
Quiriego in the north, with
Álamos in the east, with
Huatabampo in the southwest and with
Etchojoa in the west. Other towns, near the municipal seat are San Ignacio Cohuirimpo, Guadalupe, Guayparin, Tetanchopo, Santa María del Bauraje, Agiabampo, Masiaca, Bacabachi, and Pueblo Viejo.
The region lies in the valley of the
Mayo River, which crosses it from the northeast to the southwest.
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.
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.
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Industry is modest, although there are one beer factory and a cardboard packing factory.
Sister cities
Santa Fe Springs, California, USA
Almería, Almería, Spain.
Sports
The city of Navojoa has its own baseball team called Mayos de Navojoa which is a member of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico.
Well-known native baseball players:
Gabriel "Gabe" Alvarez, player for the Detroit Tigers.
Luis Alfonso "Cochito" Cruz, San Diego Padres.
Francisco "Paquín" Estrada, former player for the New York Mets.
Alfonso "Houston" Jiménez, Cleveland Indians.
Isidro Márquez, Chicago White Sox.
Fernando Valenzuela, LA Dodgers.
Other famous natives
Rubén Aguilar Valenzuela, President Vicente Fox spokesman.
Javier Alatorre, journalist and anchor for Hechos, a news show for TV Azteca.
Luis Ramón "Yori Boy" Campas, boxer, former IBF world Jr. Middleweight champion.
Beatriz Adriana, Folk music singer
Arturo Chacón Cruz, Tenor
Rafael Moreno, Catholic Singer
Rodolfo Coronel, Popular Folk music Singer
Juan Manuel González Flores, vice-president of the International University Sports Federation.
Álvaro Obregón Salido, President of Mexico 1920-1924.
Valentín Elizalde, Folk music singer murdered in 2006.Further Information
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