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Sonora | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 29°38′46″N 110°52′08″W / 29.6461°N 110.8689°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Capital | Hermosillo |
| Municipalities | 72 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Eduardo Bours Castelo (PRI) |
| • Federal Deputies | PAN: 5 PRI: 2 |
| • Federal Senators | PAN: 2 PRI: 1 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 182,052 km2 (70,291 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 2,394,861 (Ranked 19th) |
| HDI (2004) | 0.8163 - high Ranked 10th |
| ISO 3166-2 | MX-SON |
| Postal abbr. | Son. |
| Website | Sonora State Government |
Sonora is a Mexican state, in the northwestern Mexico region. Sonora borders the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. To the north Sonora accounts for a long stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico; to the west it borders the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).