Pitiquito

Pitiquito is both a small town and its surrounding municipal area in the northwest of the Mexican state of Sonora. The municipal area is 11,979.96 km² which makes up 6.46% of the state total. The municipal population counted in 2000 was 9,160. The population of the main settlement and municipal seat was 4,862 in 2000. It is located at an elevation of 305 meters. Neighboring municipalities are Altar to the northwest, Hermosillo to the south, Trincheras to the east, and Caborca and the Gulf of California to the west. The town of Pitiquito is located in the north of the municipality on Federal Highway 2. Puerto Libertad (Sonora) In this region the climate is hot and dry with rainfall between 75 and 200 mm a year. Between December and...