Villa Hidalgo, Sonora

Villa Hidalgo
Country	Mexico
State	Sonora
Municipality	Villa Hidalgo
Founded	1644
Government
• Mayor	Martin Alberto Durazo Durazo
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)

Coordinates: 30°10′N 109°19′W / 30.167°N 109.317°W / 30.167; -109.317 Villa Hidalgo is a town, and the surrounding municipality of the same name, in the north-east of the Mexican state of Sonora.

It was founded by the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río in 1644 as (San Ignacio de) Oputo. On 1 April 1967 the State Congress ordered that it change its name from Oputo to its current name in honor of Mexican patriot Miguel Hidalgo.

The municipal area is 951.17 km² and the population was 1,986 inhabitants (2.05 inhab./km²) in 2000. The main economic activities are agriculture and cattle raising.

References

• Villa Hidalgo, Sonora at GEOnet Names Server

External links

• Villa Hidalgo, Sonora (Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México)