Granados
San Isidro de los Granados
Town
Granados is located in Mexico
Granados
Granados
Coordinates: 29°52′N 109°17′W / 29.867°N 109.283°W / 29.867; -109.283
Country Mexico
StateSonora
MunicipalityGranados
Founded1823
Area
 • Total361.27 km2 (139.49 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,150
Time zoneUTC-7 (Pacific MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (No DST)
Postal code
84460

Granados is the municipal seat of Granados Municipality in the northeast of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 361.27 km2, and the population was 1,228 according to the 2000 census.[1][2] By 2005 the population had decreased to 938 due to emigration due to insufficient educational infrastructure and the lack of job opportunities.

The terrain is mountainous and the average annual temperature is 19 °C. The rainy season is from July to September and the average annual rainfall is 485.9 mm.[3]

Subsistence agriculture and cattle raising are the main economic activities. The main crops are corn and beans and grasses for fodder. Calves are exported to the United States of America.

The town was named after Don José Joaquín Granados y Gálvez, second bishop of Sonora from 1788 to 1794.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "ESTADO DE SONORA". www.e-local.gob.mx (in Spanish). 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01.
  2. ^ (INEGI), Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)". www.inegi.gob.mx (in Spanish).
  3. ^ a b "Granados". Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México (in Spanish). INAFED. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Juan Valencia, el de Granados". Termometroenlinea.com.mx (in Spanish). 1 June 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2023.

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