Soyopa Municipality 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
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 72 municipalities; the ...
in north-western
Mexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
.
The municipal area is 846.33 km
2. and the population was 1,649 in 2000.
Neighboring municipalities are:
*Northeast:
Bacanora
:''Other uses: the town of Bacanora, Sonora.''
Bacanora is an agave-derived liquor made in the Mexican state of Sonora.
The distillation of Bacanora was illegal until 1992, being bootlegged by ''vinateros'' for many generations. Since 2000 Bac ...
*South:
Onavas
*Southwest:
San Javier
*West:
La Colorada
*Northwest:
Villa Pesqueira
References
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Municipalities of Sonora