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Sonora, Mexico

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The Resume

    (January 10, 1824- )
    Free and Sovereign State of Sonora (Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora)
    12th to join the States of Mexico
    Capital city (and largest city): Hermosillo
    Located in Northwest Mexico, bordering Chihuahua, Baja California, and Sinaloa
    Divided into 72 separate municipalities
    Size: 69,249 square miles (ranked the second largest state in Mexico)
    Population: 2,850,330 (as of 2015)
    Populated by the indigenous Mayo, Yaqui, Kikapoo, Cucapa, and Seri tribes
    State symbol is their Danza del Venado (Deer Dance), depicting a hunter and a deer

Why Sonora, Mexico might be annoying:

    Its capital once held the record for the world's hottest populated city.
    Indigenous groups are known for living in extreme poverty, even by the standards of the country.
    It was home to Revolutionary coup leader (later President) Alvaro Obregon, and a city is named in his honor.
    Its location, situated on the New Mexico-Arizona border, usually lands it in the center of the national 'Illegal Immigration' debate.
    This was almost comically evinced when a story circulated that several Sonora lawmakers publicly complained about the SB-1070 Arizona law in 2010, claiming that it would 'prompt an influx of Mexicans' across the border to avoid it.
    Several of its cities hosted a large population of Chinese immigrants in the early 20th-century. And then anti-Chinese protests started taking place.
    Between 1916 and 1925 mass expulsions reduced the once prosperous and thriving Chinese population to almost nothing (by 1940, less than 100 remained).
    Some border town residents make a living by acting as 'coyote guides' for drug smugglers and recently deported migrants looking to sneak across the U.S. border again.
    It is sometimes mistaken with a city in California of the same name.

Why Sonora, Mexico might not be annoying:

    Nearly all of Mexico’s copper is produced there.
    Tribal settlement in the area has been traced to as early as the 1300s, dating back to the Mayan civilization.
    Cabeza de Vaca briefly touched on the region during his fateful years-long trek throughout mainland North America.
    The Yaqui and Mayo who resided there in large numbers were subject to ethnic cleansing by Porfirio Diaz during the lead-up to the Revolution in 1910.
    Mexican sports legends Fernando Valenzuela and Julio César Chavez both hail from the state.
    Its Stadium is one of the largest baseball stadiums in Latin America (with a holding capacity of 16,000).
    It is home to Mexico’s largest island, La Isla del Tiburon (better known as Shark Island).
    It is such an asset to Mexico as a grain exporter and cattle producer that it is known as ‘Mexico’s granary.’
    National Geographic named The Mirador Escénico, located in San Carlos, Sonora, as the #1 Ocean Scenic View.
    The largest desert biosphere reserve is in Sonora, El Gran Desierto del Pinacate (known for both its volcanic landscapes and its sand dunes).
    El Gran Desierto del Pinacate was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2013).
    Its coat of arms depicts an actual Yaqui tribal 'deer dance' (the other symbols being a mine, a cow, and a tuna, and a bundle of wheat).

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Year In Review:

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