Banámichi

Banámichi is both a small town and a municipality in the north of the Mexican state of Sonora. Geographical coordinates are 30°01′N 110°13′W / 30.017°N 110.217°W / 30.017; -110.217. The municipal area is 773.06 and the population was 1,464 in 2005, with 82% or 1,096 inhabitants residing in the town itself. . (Two other smaller pueblos are part of the municipality; La Mora and Las Delicias.) There were 1.96 inhabitants per square kilometer in the municipality, which has been losing population since the census of 1995. The lack of economic opportunity has caused many people to emigrate, especially to the United States of America. There is anecdotal evidence that this emigration has been reversed with many former residents returning to...