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Sonora

a state of NW Mexico, on the Gulf of California: consists of a narrow coastal plain rising inland to the Sierra Madre Occidental; an important mining area in colonial times. Capital: Hermosillo. Pop.: 2 213 370 (2000). Area: 184 934 sq. km (71 403 sq. miles)
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sonora

[sə′nȯr·ə]
(meteorology)
A summer thunderstorm in the mountains and deserts of southern California and Baja California.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Sonora

 

a state in Mexico, on the northwestern coast of the Pacific Ocean. Area, 184,900 sq km. Population, 1.283 million (1974). The capital is Hermosillo. Most of the agricultural land is irrigated. Sonora grows cotton for export and wheat for domestic consumption. It has cotton-ginning and food-processing enterprises. Nonferrous metallurgy is also practiced in the cities of Cananea and Nacozari de García.

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The study area comprised 3 localities in Sonora (Yecora, 28[degrees]22'16"N, 108[degrees]55'32"W; Matarachi, 28[degrees]73'54"N, 108[degrees]95'87"W; and Mulatos, 28[degrees]65'85"N, 108[degrees]74'78"W) (Figure), each with a humid subtropical climate situated at [approximately equal to] 1,500 m, with vegetation comprising predominantly oak forests and grasslands (Appendix Figure, panel A, https:// wwwnc.cdc.gov/EID/article/25/4/18-1507-App1.pdf).
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