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1.Population and AreaPop: 48,973 (city)Area: 1.117 km2 (city)Elev: 9 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherOrographyIts terrain is flat, of the type known as a barrier plain with rocky floors.HydrographyIn the municipal territory there are no surface water currents. However, there are underground streams that form deposits c...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 99,015 (city)Area: 1304.7 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1577 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherOrographyConsiderable plains are presented; to the east there are hills in which their height ranges between 1850 and 1200 meters above sea level.HydrographyAs in the entire Altiplano, it is formed by a set of clo...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 124,644 (city)Area: 2.396 km2 (city)Elev: 83 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherOrographyCruz River, which forms in the United States, penetrates to Mexican territory, joining the streams of Terrenate and Cuitaca, crossing the border on a near side of Nogales; it returns to the Arizona territory,...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 233,952 (city)Area: 53,96 km2 (city)Elev: 1214 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherOrographyThe municipal territory is generally mountainous. It is made up of two hydrological currents: the one that rises to the south in the Alisos canyon that gives rise to the Magdalena River. The Magdalena River...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 103,312 (city)Area: 4,380.69 km2 (city)Elev: 50 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherFlora and faunaIn this municipality there is a combination of different species of vegetation with varieties of grassland combined with bushes. Among the main components are the white torote, red torote, donkey gra...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 256,613 (city)Area: 61.242 km2 (city)Elev: 10 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherOrographyThe terrain of Los Mochis in general is flat, with the presence of low elevation mountains. It is located in the Valle del Fuerte. Its average altitude is 10 meters above sea level. Its high points are the C...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 49,183 (city)Area: 3,109.71 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1006 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherFlora and faunaThe vegetation is predominant in microphilous desert scrub such as: governor, mesquite, huizache, hojasén and granjeno. To the south there are patches of forest of various varieties.The fauna is c...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 241,699 (city)Area: 799.9 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1917 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherThe flora in San Juan del Río, being in a general study, accommodates the flora "Mezquital", of the regions between 1,400 and 2,000 meters above sea level. However, by specializing in the study, we can s...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 39,529 (city)Area: 965.8 km2 (munip.)Elev: 55 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherMajor elevations include El Zacatal (1,040 masl), Cerro de la Marimba (1,257 masl), Guiengola (1,257) and Tecuani (700 masl). Within the city proper there are a number of hills which carry names such as El Tigre (Dan...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 89,340 (city)Area: 247.7 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1530 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherGeologyThe city has quaternary land, composed of alluvial soil, residual soil, lake soil, sedimentary rock, sandstone-tuff and sandstone-conglomerate. The land where the city of Ocotlán sits is an alluvial plain wi...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 113,570 (metro)Area: 415.73 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1765 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherGeologyIn general, the terrain of the municipality is flat and the few elevations it has are the hills of El Jardín, Los Calzones, Los Salados, San Cristóbal and California. The average height of these elevation...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 342,286 (metro)Area: 844,07 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1135 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherHydrographyThe area includes the section within the limits of the municipality of Lerdo and the so-called "Boca de Calabazas", it does not have streams, only the torrential that descends from the Sierr...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 141,421 (metro)Area: 808 km2 (munip.)Elev: 33 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherLand useThe soils, for the most part, are of alluvial origin although in a different way of formation, since there are those that were constituted by the floods of the Armería and Coahuayana rivers, by the sand depos...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 216,099 (metro)Area: 11,487.70 km2 (munip.)Elev: 271 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherFlora and faunaThe vegetation of the municipality of Acuña is made up of grasslands, shrubs and pine forests. The fauna is made up of animals such as white-tailed deer, mule deer, bear, turkey, puma and coyote...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 245,155 (metro)Area: 914.2 km2 (munip.)Elev: 223 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherOrographyMost of the land is flat, previously there were mountains that are now part of the urban area. 8.5% of the municipal area is used for growing wheat, corn, beans and sorghum.HydrographyFrom north to northe...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 223,993 (metro)Area: 534.93 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1,415 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherHydrographyDelicias lies in the rich Conchos River Valley and Meoqui to the north and Saucillo to the south and Rosales to the west. The Conchos River flows north on the west side of Delicias. About 30 miles so...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 1,032,686 (metro)Area: 113.7 km2 (city)Elev: 8 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherThe Mexicali Valley is one of the largest and most fertile valleys in Mexico. Over fifty different crops are grown in the valley, which is similar in production to the Imperial Valley. National and international ind...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 186,102 (metro)Area: 19,58 km2 (city)Elev: 1,580 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherThe city is found in Tziróndaro Valley (Purépecha for "Swamp place"), a large alluvial plain surrounded by mountains with a northeast-southeast orientation. The topography of the region is flat with no s...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 249,512 (metro)Area: 271.59 km2 (munip.)Elev: 1,767 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherHydrographyThe water sources come from the Lerma river; streams: Domingo Prieto, Prieto and Canapro; cold water springs: the Algodonal and the Capricho, as well as the Aviña, Paredones and Ingeniero Antonio Rod...
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1.Population and AreaPop: 260,759 (city)Area: 24.7 km2 (city)Elev: 1721 masl2. Natural geographyNature and weatherFlora and faunaThe area presents different types of vegetation, such as oak forests, mezquital, chaparral, highlighting a species of biznaga that is threatened, likewise the huizache.In the area there are birds such ...
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