Northwestern Mexico

Northwestern Mexico
Location within Mexico
Country	Mexico
Government
• Governor of Baja California	Francisco Vega de Lamadrid( PAN)
• Governor of Baja California Sur	Marcos Covarrubias Villaseñor ( PAN)
• Governor of Sonora	Claudia Pavlovich ( PRI)
• Governor of Chihuahua	César Duarte Jáquez ( PRI)
• Governor of Durango	Jorge Herrera ( PRI)
Area
• Total	753,154 km^2 (290,794 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Total	12,364,254
• Density	16.4/km^2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	PST to CST
• Summer (DST)	PDT to CDT (UTC)

Northwestern Mexico (Spanish: Noroeste de México) is a region of Mexico (the United Mexican States) formed by the states of Durango, Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Sonora, Baja California and Baja California Sur.^[1] The region is a mountainous area with large desert areas and stunning natural formations like Copper Canyon, Sierra Madre Occidental and Pinacate Peaks; vast deserts such as Gran Desierto de Altar and El Vizcaíno Desert; and it also includes the Gulf of California and the Baja California Peninsula that includes numerous large and small islands like Guadalupe Island, Cedros Island, Tiburón Island and Archangel Island.

Description

Northwestern Mexico is a region with a high HDI.^[2] Bordered on the north by the United States, south and west with the Pacific Ocean and the states of Nayarit,^[3] and east with the states of Coahuila and Zacatecas.

States

State	Official Name Estado Libre y Soberano de:	Flag	Capital	Largest city	Area[4]	Population (2009)[5]	Order of Admission to Federation	Date of Admission to Federation
Baja California	Baja California		Mexicali	Tijuana	71,446 km^2 (27,585 sq mi)	3,122,408	29	16-01-1952[6]
Baja California Sur	Baja California Sur		La Paz	La Paz	73,922 km^2 (28,541 sq mi)	558,425	30	08-10-1974[7]
Chihuahua	Chihuahua		Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	247,455 km^2 (95,543 sq mi)	3,376,062	18	06-07-1824[8]
Durango	Durango		Victoria de Durango	Victoria de Durango	123,451 km^2 (47,665 sq mi)	1,547,597	17	22-05-1824[8]
Sinaloa	Sinaloa		Culiacán Rosales	Culiacán Rosales	57,377 km^2 (22,153 sq mi)	2,650,499	20	14-10-1830[9]
Sonora	Sonora		Hermosillo	Hermosillo	179,503 km^2 (69,306 sq mi)	2,499,263	12	10-01-1824[8]

Major cities

Major cities of Baja California
Mexicali	Tijuana	Ensenada	Tecate

Major cities of Baja California Sur
La Paz	Los Cabos	Loreto	Comondú

Major cities of Chihuahua
Chihuahua	Ciudad Juárez	Delicias	Hidalgo del Parral

Major cities of Durango
Victoria de Durango	Gómez Palacio	Mapimí

Major cities of Sonora
Hermosillo	Ciudad Obregón	Nogales	San Luis Río Colorado

Major cities of Sinaloa
Culiacán	Mazatlán	Los Mochis	Guasave

See also

• Eastern Mexico
• North-Central Mexico
• Northeastern Mexico
• South-Central Mexico
• Southeastern Mexico
• Southwestern Mexico
• Western Mexico

External links

• Secretaría de Turismo
• Consejo de Promoción Turística de México

References

1. "Etnografia del Noroeste de México." (PDF). Universidad Autonoma Indigena de México. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
2. "Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, México.". PNUD. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
3. "México es un país localizado en América del Norte." (PDF). Rotary International. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
4. "INEGI".
5. CONAPO
6. "Transformación Política de Territorio Norte de la Baja California a Estado 29".
7. "Secretaria de Educación Publica".
8. "La Diputación Provincial y El Federalismo Mexicano".
9. "500 años de México en documentos".