Nácori Chico

Nácori Chico is a small town surrounded by its municipal area in the east of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 2,748.67 km² (1,061.27 mi²) with a population of 2,236 registered in 2000. The municipal seat had a population of 999 in 2000. It is located at an elevation of 900 meters. Neighboring municipalities are: Huachinera to the north, Sahuaripa to the south, Bacadéhuachi to the west, and the state of Chihuahua to the east. Nácori Chico is connected by a dirt road to Bacadéhuachi The land is mountainous and is part of the spurs of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains. There are only small streams which are tributaries of the Rio Yaqui. The region now occupied by the municipality was once the land of the Opata...