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Navojoa
The municipality of Navojoa is the fifth-largest in Sonora, with
145,000 residents. Approximately 100,000 of those residents
live in the city of Navojoa. The area was originally inhabited
by the Mayo Indians.
Spaniard Diego de Guzmán was the first known European to
visit the area in the fall of 1536, and Jesuit missionaries
arrived in 1614 to establish many of the pueblos in the region.
The name Navojoa is a combination of two Mayo words, Navo
(cactus) and Jova (house).
One of Navojoa’s more prominent residents was Álvaro
Obregón, a general in Mexico’s revolution of 1910 who went on
to become president of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón is
widely credited for helping to bring modern agricultural
techniques to the region, making it one of the most productive
in Mexico. He was assassinated in 1928 and is buried in
nearby Huatabampo.
Navojoa is part of the Sonoran agricultural region known as
the Mayo Valley, so agricultural production forms the basis of
its economy, in addition to related industries of livestock
raising (especially swine production) and shrimp farming.
Tourism also plays an important role in Navojoa’s economy,
and the area has much to offer for tourists interested in
learning about Sonoran history, cuisine and culture. The city
has a number of historic sites of interest, and is often used as
a place to stay for tourists who want to visit the historic
colonial beauty of nearby Alamos. The munipality of Navojoa
also features a number of popular beaches along the Sea of
Cortez as well as other tourist activities like sport fishing at the
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines dam, and sport hunting.
Lodging
Navojoa lodging
The municipality of Navojoa is the fifth-largest in Sonora, with
145,000 residents. Approximately 100,000 of those residents
live in the city of Navojoa. The area was originally inhabited
by the Mayo Indians.
Spaniard Diego de Guzmán was the first known European to
visit the area in the fall of 1536, and Jesuit missionaries
arrived in 1614 to establish many of the pueblos in the region.
The name Navojoa is a combination of two Mayo words, Navo
(cactus) and Jova (house).
One of Navojoa’s more prominent residents was Álvaro
Obregón, a general in Mexico’s revolution of 1910 who went on
to become president of Mexico from 1920 to 1924. Obregón is
widely credited for helping to bring modern agricultural
techniques to the region, making it one of the most productive
in Mexico. He was assassinated in 1928 and is buried in
nearby Huatabampo.
Navojoa is part of the Sonoran agricultural region known as
the Mayo Valley, so agricultural production forms the basis of
its economy, in addition to related industries of livestock
raising (especially swine production) and shrimp farming.
Tourism also plays an important role in Navojoa’s economy,
and the area has much to offer for tourists interested in
learning about Sonoran history, cuisine and culture. The city
has a number of historic sites of interest, and is often used as
a place to stay for tourists who want to visit the historic
colonial beauty of nearby Alamos. The munipality of Navojoa
also features a number of popular beaches along the Sea of
Cortez as well as other tourist activities like sport fishing at the
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines dam, and sport hunting.
Lodging
Navojoa lodging
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