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Ures is a small city and a municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora.

Population

In the year 2000, the total population was 9,553 residents. New figures from 2005 reported 8,420, meaning a considerable decline in population due to emigration. The municipal seat had a population of 3,959 in 2000.

Geography

It has an area of 2,618.56 square kilometers. This is 1.41% of the total area of the state, and 0.13 percent of the national area of Mexico. Besides the seat, the most important localities are Guadalupe de Ures, San Pedro, Pueblo de Alamos and El Sauz.

The municipality is in the basin of the Sonora River. As the river crosses the area, the river receives waters from Los Alamos, Bamuco, Nava, San Pedro, Cañada de Agua, and Los Cochis. Also, it receives runoff from washes as El Carrizo, Zuribate, Palo Parado, La Ladrillera, Santiago, and El Pescado. It has a reservoir that was recently built called Teópari.

The municipality is nestled within the mountains, hills, and valleys that form the edge of the Western Sierra Madre. The elevation of the administrative seat was 420 meters above sea level.

Climate

The average maximum monthly temperature is 31.8 °C (89.2 °F) in the month of July, the average minimum monthly temperature is 15.2 °C (59.4 °F) in the month of January, and the overall average temperature is 23.1 °C (73.6 °F). The annual precipitation is 430.1 millimetres (16.93 in), and the rainiest months are July and August. There are occasional frosts from December to March.

Vegetation

The vegetation is of mesquite and subtropical desert species.

Communications

A paved federal highway crosses the municipality from west to east.

History

Ures is one of the oldest cities of the state of Sonora. It was first reported by Cabeza de Vaca on his overland trek from Galveston in the 1530s and was called by him "Corazones", or "Village of Hearts". Coronado stopped there in the course of his 1540 expedition.[1] It was founded in 1644 as a mission by the Jesuit missionary Francisco París,[2][3] and was known as San Miguel de Ures until 1665. In 1823 Ures became the capital of Sonora, but was replaced the following year when Sonora was merged into Occidente State.

At the end of 1838, Ures became a city; and was the capital of Sonora from 1838 to 1842, and again from 1847 to 1879. Afterwards, it became the seat of a district.

During the Fall of the Second Mexican Empire in 1866, the Battle of Guadalupe took place within the municipality of Ures. On September 5, 1998, the state legislature gave it the title of Heroic City, commemorating the liberal defense against imperialists. [1]. Geronimo took refuge in the mountains of this region when generals Crook and Miles fought him in Arizona. The most notable Apache raids were in 1870, when the priest Echevería was killed in the town, and in 1882, when the distinguished scholar Leocadio Salcedo was killed at the La Noria ranch. Residents of the region also had problems with Yaqui uprisings and insurrections of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Tourism

In Ures you can visit “La Plaza de Armas(La Plaza de Zaragoza)” with its four 18th-century bronze sculptures, San Miguel Mission and the church bearing the same name with its legendary mesquite stairway. In addition, you will see the majestic arch commemorating the Independence and the house where General Pesqueira used to live, The Folkloric Museum, and the old Flour Mill.

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal president Term Political party Notes
Adeodato Campbell Quijada 1868
Fernando M. Araiza[4] 1913–1914
Ernesto Estrella 1914–1915
Victoriano Navarro 1915
Alfredo Romo 1916
F. J. Morales 1917
Constantino Laborín 1920–1922
Jesús Casillas 1922–1923
Santiago Muñoz 1923–1929
Luis S. Navarro 1929–1931 PNR
Victoriano Navarro 1931 PNR Acting municipal president
Luis Haro 1931–1932 PNR
Jesús Núñez D. 1932–1933 PNR
Rafael Puebla 1933 PNR Acting municipal president
Miguel Canizales Bonilla 1933–1935 PNR
Manuel J. Duarte 1935 PNR Acting municipal president
Pedro López P. 1935–1937 PNR
Antonio Arce 1937 PNR Acting municipal president
Rafael Puebla 1937–1940 PNR
PRM
Anselmo Gándara 1940–1943 PRM
Reynaldo Paz Molinares 1943–1946 PRM
Jesús Noriega Calles 1946–1949 PRI
Alfredo Romo Córdova 1949–1952 PRI
Rubén Romo Córdova 1952–1955 PRI
Francisco Amador Torres 1955–1958 PRI
Antonio Gándara Romo 1958–1961 PRI
Héctor Maytorena Salcido 1961–1964 PRI
Moisés Navarro Duarte 1964–1967 PRI
Francisco Téllez Villaescusa 1967–1970 PRI
Abel Estrella Bustamante 1970–1973 PRI
Héctor Romo Córdova 1973–1976 PRI
Guadalupe Trujillo Romo 1976–1979 PRI
Óscar Jara Ramírez 1979–1982 PRI
Eduardo A. de los Reyes Gray 1982–1985 PRI
Marco Antonio Romo Aguilar 1985–1988 PRI
Eduardo Salcido Celaya 1988–1991 PRI
Jorge Alberto Gastélum[5] 1991–1994 PRI
Ramón Mario López Córdova[6] 1994–1997 PRI
Manuel Ignacio Espinoza González[7] 1997–2000 PRD
Arnoldo Trujillo Fuentes[8] 2000–2003 PRI
Marco Antonio Coronado Acuña[9][10] 16-09-2003–15-09-2006 PRI
Juan Ángel Córdova Salcido[11][12] 16-09-2006–15-09-2009 PRI
Panal 		Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal
Noé Coronado Cha[13] 16-09-2009–15-09-2012 PAN
José Manuel Valenzuela Salcido[14] 16-09-2012–15-09-2015 PAN
David Gracia Paz[15] 16-09-2015–15-09-2018 PRI
PVEM
Panal
Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government"
Héctor Gastón Rodríguez Galindo[16] 16-09-2018–15-09-2021 PAN PRD Coalition "For Sonora to the Front"
José Manuel Valenzuela Salcido[17] 16-09-2021– Morena

References

  1. ^ Baskett, James Newton (April 1907). "A Study of the Route of Cabeza de Vaca". Texas Historical Association Quarterly. 10: 308–340. Retrieved Sep 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Polzer, Charles W. (ed); Naylor, Thomas H. (ed.); Sheriden, Thomas E. (ed.); Hadley, Diana (ed.) (1991). The Jesuit Missions of Northern Mexico. Garland Publishing, inc. ISBN 0-8240-2096-0. Retrieved Sep 20, 2019. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Polzer, Charles W. (1972). "The Franciscan Entrada into Sonora 1645-1652: A Jesuit Chronicle". Arizona and the West. 14 (3): 253–278. JSTOR 40168155.
  4. ^ "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México. Sonora. Ures" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Municipios gobernados por partido político. Período constitucional 1991-1994" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Municipios gobernados por partido político. Período constitucional 1994-1997" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Municipios gobernados por partido político. Período constitucional 1997-2000" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Sonora. Conformación de Ayuntamientos. 2000" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Resultados oficiales de la elección de Ayuntamientos. 2003" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Municipios gobernados por partido político. Período constitucional 2003-2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Sonora. Conformación de Ayuntamientos. 2006" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Municipios gobernados por partido políticos. Período constitucional 2006-2009" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Sonora. Conformación de Ayuntamientos. 2009" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Consejo Electoral del Estado de Sonora. Conformación de planillas de Ayuntamiento. 2012" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de Sonora. Conformacion de planillas de Ayuntamiento. 2015" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Instituto Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de Sonora. Cómputo municipal. Período constitucional 2018-2021" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  17. ^ "Instituto Estatal Electoral y de Participación Ciudadana de Sonora (IEESonora). Autoridades electas. Presidencia Municipal de Ures" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.

Sources consulted

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ures