Quiriego
Quiriego is a small town and the county seat of the Municipality of Quiriego, located in the southeast of the Mexican state of Sonora.
Geography
The Quiriego Municipality area is 2,705.72 km2. The town is located at an elevation of 822 meters.
Quiriego is located east of Ciudad Obregón and is connected by dirt road with the main Federal Highway 15 at the village of Fundición.[http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/sonora-state-mexico/sonora-state-mexico-map-d3.shtml www.maps-of-mexico.com: Sonora Map]
=Neighboring municipalities=
=Climate=
{{Weather box
| location = Quiriego (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1927–present)
| single line = Y
| metric first = Y
| Jan record high C = 39
| Feb record high C = 41
| Mar record high C = 49.5
| Apr record high C = 47
| May record high C = 49
| Jun record high C = 49.5
| Jul record high C = 50
| Aug record high C = 49.5
| Sep record high C = 49.5
| Oct record high C = 45
| Nov record high C = 42
| Dec record high C = 40
| year record high C =
| Jan high C = 26.8
| Feb high C = 28.0
| Mar high C = 31.3
| Apr high C = 34.6
| May high C = 38.0
| Jun high C = 41.0
| Jul high C = 38.3
| Aug high C = 36.1
| Sep high C = 35.5
| Oct high C = 34.4
| Nov high C = 29.9
| Dec high C = 25.6
| year high C = 33.3
| Jan mean C = 16.3
| Feb mean C = 17.6
| Mar mean C = 19.9
| Apr mean C = 22.6
| May mean C = 26.1
| Jun mean C = 31.1
| Jul mean C = 30.8
| Aug mean C = 29.3
| Sep mean C = 28.5
| Oct mean C = 25.5
| Nov mean C = 20.0
| Dec mean C = 15.9
| year mean C = 23.6
| Jan low C = 5.8
| Feb low C = 7.2
| Mar low C = 8.5
| Apr low C = 10.7
| May low C = 14.3
| Jun low C = 21.2
| Jul low C = 23.3
| Aug low C = 22.6
| Sep low C = 21.5
| Oct low C = 16.6
| Nov low C = 10.1
| Dec low C = 6.1
| year low C = 14.0
| Jan record low C = -6.5
| Feb record low C = -5
| Mar record low C = -7
| Apr record low C = 1
| May record low C = 1.2
| Jun record low C = 9
| Jul record low C = 13
| Aug record low C = 14
| Sep record low C = 7
| Oct record low C = 4
| Nov record low C = -3.5
| Dec record low C = -9
| year record low C =
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 23.6
| Feb precipitation mm = 18.5
| Mar precipitation mm = 8.1
| Apr precipitation mm = 2.1
| May precipitation mm = 4.2
| Jun precipitation mm = 27.7
| Jul precipitation mm = 165.8
| Aug precipitation mm = 200.4
| Sep precipitation mm = 124.1
| Oct precipitation mm = 39.3
| Nov precipitation mm = 17.5
| Dec precipitation mm = 23.9
| year precipitation mm = 655.2
| Jan rain days = 1.9
| Feb rain days = 2.1
| Mar rain days = 1.6
| Apr rain days = 0.7
| May rain days = 0.6
| Jun rain days = 3.2
| Jul rain days = 13.4
| Aug rain days = 12.2
| Sep rain days = 7.9
| Oct rain days = 3.0
| Nov rain days = 2.4
| Dec rain days = 2.9
| year rain days = 51.9
| source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional{{cite web
|url=https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/son/nor9120_26075.txt
|title=NORMAL CLIMATOLÓGICA 1991-2020
|publisher=Servicio Meteorológico National
|language=es
|format=TXT
|access-date=December 3, 2024
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203050905/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/son/nor9120_26075.txt
|archive-date=December 3, 2024
|url=https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/son/medex26075.txt
|title=VALORES EXTREMOS
|publisher=Servicio Meteorológico National
|language=es
|format=TXT
|access-date=December 3, 2024
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203050946/https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Med-Extr/son/medex26075.txt
|archive-date=December 3, 2024
}}
}}
Population
The Quiriego Municipality population count was 3,335 in 2005. The population of the town of Quiriego, its main settlement and municipal seat, was 994 in 2000. The municipal population has been decreasing steadily since 1980 when it was 4,474.[http://www.sonora.gob.mx/portal/RunScript.asp?page=218&p=ASP\Pg218.asp www.sonora.gob.mx: Pg218]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
History
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The name Quiriego comes from the Latin words in the liturgy of the mass "kirie" lord and "ego" I.
Located in this region are the ruins of the ancient Real de Minas y Villa de Baroyeca, which was one of the most important settlements in Sonora during the colonial period and beginning of the post-independence era.
Ruins of the former missions of Batacosa and Tepahui, founded in the eighteenth century, can also be seen.
The municipal seat, Quiriego, was originally a ranch belonging to Francisco Javier Valenzuela in the last years of the eighteenth century. Quiriego became a municipality in 1932.
Economy
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Agriculture and cattle raising are the main economic activities. Main crops are watermelon, sorghum, corn, beans, and grasses for cattle raising. There were 34,096 head of cattle in 2000.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201232501/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_sonora Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México]
- [http://www.inegi.gob.mx/inegi/default.aspx INEGI]
{{commons category|Quiriego, Sonora}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120418232712/http://quiriego.sonora.gob.mx/ Quiriego, Ayuntamiento Digital] (Official Website of Quiriego, Sonora)
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