NAVOJOA SONORA

• The name of Navojoa language comes from the Mayo root root "navo" nopal "jova" house thus means "place or house nopal“.

• Álvaro Obregón became president of Mexico after the revolt and initiated an agricultural revolution in the Mayo/Yaqui Valley, introducing modern agricultural techniques and making this valley one of the most prosperous agricultural regions in Mexico.

MEANING OF NAME

• Navojoa is the fifth-largest municipality in Sonora (after Hermosillo, Cajeme, Nogales and San Luis Río Colorado) with a population of approximately 144,598.

• As of 2005 the per capita income for the municipality of Navojoa was $7,915 and the Human Development Index was 0.8251

DEMOGRAPHICS

• Navojoa is part of the large economic center known as the Mayo Valley, which together with Ciudad Obregón and the Yaqui Valley, form one of the most productive agricultural regions in Mexico.

• Although agriculture remains the main source of income, the Navojoa region is increasingly dependent on industrial foreign investment and aquaculture, especially shrimp farming.

ECONOMY

• A north-south freight-only railroad is in operation, connecting to the Mexican Border in Nogales and to Guadalajara, Jalisco.

RAILROAD

• The most important highway serving Navojoa is Mexican Federal Highway 15, a four-lane highway which connects it to north to Ciudad Obregón, Guaymas, Hermosillo, Nogales and the United States of America; and to the south to the states of Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, State of Mexico and Mexico City.

• the Periférico is a semi-beltway encompassing some of Navojoa's southern and western neighborhoods and it is used as a truck route or bypass for Mexican Federal Highway 15. It is currently being enlarged from 2 to 4 lanes in the western section between Centenario Boulevard (under construction) and Sosa Chávez Boulevard.

MAJOR ROADS

• Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (ITSON)

• Universidad de Sonora - Unidad Navojoa

• Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Campus Navojoa (UPN)

• Universidad de Navojoa - Affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church; also known as Colegio del Pacifico

• Centro de Estudios Superiores del Estado de Sonora (CESUES)

• Instituto Pedagógigo de Postgrado de Sonora (IPPSON)

• Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) - Campus Obregón/Unidad Navojoa

• Atelier Sonorense

• Universidad TecMilenio Campus Navojoa.

• Universidad del Desarrollo Profesional (UNIDEP) Campus Navojoa.

EDUCATION

TOP SCHOOLS NAVOJOA

• Navojoa has many hotels with a range of cost and quality. Most hotels are located off Pesqueira Street, mainly between the 1-km-long area between Tecnológico Avenue and Centenario Boulevard.

TOURISM

• The "Museo Regional del Mayo is located in the former railroad station building opposite Santa Fe Springssquare. which exhibit temporary paint, handicraft and sculpture expositions, pre-Hispanic objects, ethnographic expositions dedicated to the Mayos' culture and other objects related to Navojoa's history.

• The Tehuelibampo Museum is an eco-museum with 89 petroglyphics carved in the stones over 500 years ago by the Mayo people. It is located next to the Mayo river, some kilometers north-west of Navojoa.

MUSEUMS

• The city is near the Gulf of California which offers a variety of beaches. The surrounding country is also popular for hunting ducks, doves and deer.

• Las Bocas, 30 miles south of Navojoa, is a small beach community on the Gulf of California that is frequently visited by the local residents of Navojoa during spring. (April–May). It is particularly popular during "Semana Santa" , when campers stay for seven days and then return to Navojoa for Easter celebrations.

BEACHES

• "Unidad Deportiva Faustino Félix Serna" with many different baseball, baseball and softball fields, basketball courts, a pool, a professional baseball stadium, a professional basketball arena and many other sport facilities.

• The city of Navojoa has its own baseball team called Mayos de Navojoa which is a member of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, the most important baseball league in México.

SPORTS

• Valentín Elizalde, Banda singer.

• Ignacio Almada Bay, Writer

• Rubén Aguilar Valenzuela, President Vicente Fox spokesman.

• Javier Alatorre, journalist and anchor for Hechos, a news show for TV Azteca.

• Álvaro Obregón, President of Mexico from 1920 to 1924.

• Luis Ramón "Yori Boy" Campas, boxer, former IBF world Jr. Middleweight champion.

• Beatriz Adriana, Folk music singer

• Manuel Echeverría, Baseball player

• Arturo Chacón Cruz, Tenor

• Rafael Moreno, Catholic Singer

• Rodolfo Coronel, Popular Folk music Singer

OTHER FAMOUS NATIVE