Magdalena is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

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Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

in northwestern

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. In the 2020 Census, the municipality reported a total population of 33,049, up by 11.2% from the 2010 result. The municipal seat is the town of

Magdalena de Kino Magdalena de Kino () is a city, part of the surrounding municipality of the same name, located in the Mexican state of Sonora covering approximately 560 square miles (1,460 square kilometers). According to the 2005 census, the city's populatio ...

. It is a selected

Pueblo Mágico Pueblo refers to the settlements of the Pueblo peoples, Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, currently in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. The permanent communities, including some of the oldest continually occupied settlemen ...

for its scenic historical qualities. The tomb of Spanish colonial missionary

Eusebio Kino Eusebio Francisco Kino, Jesuits, SJ (, ; 10 August 1645 – 15 March 1711), often referred to as Father Kino, was an Italian Jesuit, missionary, geographer, explorer, cartographer, mathematician and astronomer born in the Prince-Bishopric of Tre ...

is located here.

Geography

It is located in the northern part of the State of Sonora, 50

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(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.

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