Hermosillo is the capital of the
Mexican state of
Sonora. It is centrally located within the state at and is within several hundred miles of several other major Mexican cities, such as
Tijuana and
Mexicali, and
U.S. cities such as
Phoenix and
Tucson,
Arizona. The city's official 2005 census population was 641,791. It is the municipal seat of the surrounding Hermosillo municipality, with a population of 701,838, and a much larger area, the largest in the state and ninth-largest in Mexico at 14,880.2 km² (5,745.3 sq mi) and including the large
Tiburón Island.
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