Official Name: | Villa Hidalgo |
Image Alt: | Villa Hidalgo Municipality is a municipality, in the north-east of the Mexican state of Sonora. |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Sonora |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Martin Alberto Durazo Durazo |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1644 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Municipality |
Population Blank2 Title: | Demonym |
Timezone: | Pacific (US Mountain) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Timezone Dst: | No DST |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
30.1667°N -128°WVilla Hidalgo Municipality is a municipality, in the north-east of the Mexican state of Sonora.
It was founded by the Jesuit missionary Marcos del Río in 1644 as (San Ignacio de) Oputo. On 1 April 1967 the State Congress ordered that it change its name from Oputo to its current name in honor of Mexican patriot Miguel Hidalgo.
The municipal area is 951.17 km2.
The population was 1,986 inhabitants (2.05 inhab./km2) in 2000.
The main economic activities are agriculture and cattle raising.