La Colorada, Sonora

La Colorada is a small town in La Colorada Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora. In 2005, the population of the municipality was 1,754, with 288 living in the municipal seat.[1] The now-municipality was founded by Spanish Jesuit missionaries at some point between 1740 and 1743.[2] Formerly known as Minas Prietas, La Colorada became a municipality on June 28, 1934.[3] As an important mining camp in Mexico, La Colorada boasted a population that topped 5,604 in 1895.[4] The municipality is situated 45 km (29 mi) southeast of Hermosillo.[5]

Other small towns located within the municipality include Tecorípa, Cobachi, Estación Torres, and San José de Pimas.

References
  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI) Archived 2013-02-27 at WebCite
  2. "Sonora - La Colorada". www.inafed.gob.mx. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  3. Pueblos de Sonora Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Miguel Tinker-Salas: In the Shadow of the Eagles: Sonora and the Transformation of the Border during the Porfiriato (Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1997). page 181.
  5. "La Colorada". Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2020-02-21.

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