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Magdalena De Kino (municipality)

The Municipality of Magdalena de Kino is a municipality ('county') in the Mexican state of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico.

The Municipal seat is the town of Magdalena de Kino. It is a selected Pueblo Mágico for its scenic historical qualities.

The tomb of Spanish colonial missionary Eusebio Kino is located here.

Geography

It is located in the northern part of the State of Sonora, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of the border with the United States; its extreme coordinates are 30° 26'- 31° 06' North latitude and 110° 44'- 111° 18' West longitude, its altitude fluctuates between a minimum of 1640 feet above sea level (500 meters asl) and a maximum of 6890 feet asl (2100 meters asl). The municipality has an area of 563.8 square miles (1,460.23 square kilometers) that represent 3% of the total area of Sonora.

It is bordered to the North by the municipality of Nogales, to the South by the municipality of Santa Ana (Sonora), to the East by the municipality of Ímuris and the municipality of Cucurpe, and to the West by the municipalities of Tubutama and Sáric.

Localities

Government

Municipal presidents

Municipal president Term Political party Notes
Enrique Campbell Noriega 1915–1917
Enrique Woolfolk 1927
Juan Irigoyen Monroy 1934–1935 PNR
Ignacio Hopkins Serrano 1937–1939 PNR
Roberto Urías G. 1939–1941 PRM
Enrique C. Félix 1941–1943 PRM
Lauro Grijalva López 1943–1946 PRM
Vicente Terán Carrillo 1946–1949 PRI
Arturo Moreno Federico 1949–1952 PRI
Arturo Fernando Félix 1952–1955 PRI
Luis E. Donnadieu 1955–1958 PRI
Arturo Soto Maldonado 1958–1961 PRI
Álvaro Trelles Serna 1961–1964 PRI
Gerardo G. Nava 1964–1967 PRI
Manuel Félix Castro 1967–1970 PRI
Luis Gallardo Valenzuela 1970–1973 PRI
Alicia Arellano Tapia 1973–1976 PRI
José de Jesús Rochín Durazo 1976–1978 PRI
Roberto Terán Woolfolk 1978–1979 PRI
Trinidad del Villar del C. 1979–1982 PRI
Luis Colosio Fernández 1982–1985 PRI
Zarina Fernández Moreno 1985–1988 PRI
Gilberto Jayassi Parra 1988–1991 PRI
Alejandro Soto Bastián 1991–1994 PRI
Severino Colosio Fernández 1994–1997 PRI
Mario Rochín Durazo 1997–2000 PRI
Luis Norberto Fernández Riesgo 2000–2003 PAN
Luis Alfonso Robles Contreras 16-09-2003–15-09-2006 PRI
Adriana Hoyos Rodríguez 16-09-2006–15-09-2009 PRI
Panal
Alliance PRI Sonora-Panal
Luis Melecio Chavarín Gaxiola 16-09-2009–15-09-2012 PRI
PVEM
Panal
Jesús Rodolfo Martínez Leal 16/09-2012–15-09-2015 PAN
Panal
Luis Alfonso Robles Contreras 16-09-2015–15-09-2018 PRI
PVEM
Panal
Coalition "For an Honest and Effective Government"
Francisco Javier Zepeda Munro 16-09-2018–15-09-2021 PAN
PRD
Omar Ortez Guerrero 16-09-2021– Magdalena Libre e Independiente