Hermosillo: the sun and citrus city

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tiocesar

Discussion Starter · Jun 8, 2009 (Edited)

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Hermosillo
Capital city of the state of Sonora, in México, near the north border with United States.

Coat of arms

location

Knicknames:

The City of Citrus
Cause the extense fields of citrus in the zone knowed as Costa de Hermosillo (Coast of Hermosillo); in ancient times, there was a great number of citrus fields around the city, but no more. Also, the baseball team is named Los Naranjeros de Hermosillo (directly, the Orange Growers).

The City of the Sun
Cause the semidesertic enviroment, the prolongated high temperatures and the long exposition to the sun almost all the year.

A bit of History:

Wkipedia said:
Hermosillo, formerly named Santísima Trinidad del Pitic (Holy Trinity of Pitic) is the largest city and capital of the Mexican state of Sonora, and is located in the center of the state, 167 miles from the border with the United States.
Hermosillo's origin traces back to 1700, when several villages were founded on lands previously inhabited by Native Americans.

The official foundation of the city comes in 1741 by orders of the Viceroy of New Spain, Pedro de Castro y Figueroa, duque de la Conquista, to create "El presidio de Pitic."

In 1783 it came to be named the Villa de Pitic, but on September 5, 1828, it was renamed Hermosillo in honor of general José María González de Hermosillo who in 1810 fought for the independence of Mexico in the state of Sinaloa[citation needed]. On April 26, 1879, the city was named the capital of Sonora, and that declaration was confirmed in article 28 of the state constitution, written on September 15, 1917.
As of the census of 2005 there were 641,791 people living in the city of Hermosillo and 701,838 people living in the municipality of Hermosillo. It is estimated in 2008 that Hermosillo's population was of 1.09 million people.

Weather:

The weather is extremely hot, sometimes exceeding 45 °C (113 °F) in the summer. The record is 48 °C (118 °F),[citation needed] which has been achieved several times, most recently on July 10, 1998.[citation needed] Winter in Hermosillo goes from very cool to cold in January and February, its lowest temperature, −4 °C (24.8 °F), was registered on January 13, 1971.The lowest temperature in 2007 was −2 °C (28.4 °F) in January-December.

It's a small city, compared with the rest of the other capital cities of the northwest of México, but is constantly growing in infraestructure and people.

Come here, take a cold drink :cheers: and enjoy the small city but with big dreamsin the sun :lol::lol:

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christos-greece

· #2 · Jun 8, 2009

Hermosilo town looks very nice, awesome city :cheers: thanks for those photos

kay:

Mr.Johnson

· #3 · Jun 8, 2009

Yes, it looks great)

tiocesar

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jun 8, 2009 (Edited)

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christos-greece said:
Hermosilo town looks very nice, awesome city :cheers: thanks for those photos kay:

Mr.Johnson said:
Yes, it looks great)

Thank you both... (is it correct? excuse my bad english!!!):lol::lol:
Gracias a ambos...

you can ask if want

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers: for all of you!!!

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tiocesar

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jun 8, 2009 (Edited)

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Some sport infraestrcuture:

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Discussion Starter · #7 · Jun 13, 2009 (Edited)

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kuquito

· #8 · Jun 13, 2009

Very nice City!

tiocesar

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sasa_taisa

· #14 · Jun 16, 2009

EXCELENT THREAD.

Hermosillo is indeed a beautiful city....its' architecture is unique. Overall the city is great...i'd just like to see more of it's skyscrapers...and of course a little bit more of its avenues and other urban zones.

Just a small detail by the way...El Paso, Texas is also considered the Sun City...So I would really recommend you guys to change the name of the thread...just to avoid complications or trouble with other people, specially from the U.S.

Regards from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

tiocesar

Discussion Starter · #15 · Jun 17, 2009 (Edited)

sasa_taisa said:
EXCELENT THREAD.

Hermosillo is indeed a beautiful city....its' architecture is unique. Overall the city is great...i'd just like to see more of it's skyscrapers...and of course a little bit more of its avenues and other urban zones.

Just a small detail by the way...El Paso, Texas is also considered the Sun City...So I would really recommend you guys to change the name of the thread...just to avoid complications or trouble with other people, specially from the U.S.

Regards from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Ok, i'll take your order and serve :lol:

... but i think we don't have a lot of skyscrapers... but i'll put the photos...

About the Sun City knickname, it's not something like "official", it's just that, a popular name. I'd thinked to change the thread name to "the litte big city in the sun", or "Walking in the (city) of sun", or something like that...
and i don't think that the friends of El Paso will not be mad to share the knickname :lol::lol::lol:

Jesús E. Salgado

· #16 · Jun 17, 2009

Cattle roaming on suburban Hermosillo

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tiocesar

Discussion Starter · #17 · Jun 17, 2009

Jesús E. Salgado said:
Cattle roaming on suburban Hermosillo

Not exactly in dowtown, but at the outside of the city there's some little communities that still have some cattle, heritage of the most important activity of the state of Sonora...

well, that's something that cannot be denied... and some funny to see :lol::lol:

Jesús E. Salgado

· #18 · Jun 17, 2009 (Edited)

Don't feel bad, it happens all over the world, in some areas deer and bears roam on the outskirts of cities. If you check my posts you will see that I include lots of animal life in the pictures.

tiocesar

Discussion Starter · #19 · Jun 17, 2009

Jesús E. Salgado said:
Don't feel bad, it happens all over the world, in somo areas deer and bears roam on the outskirts of cities. If you check my posts you will see that I include lots of animal life in the pictures.

Don't worry, for me it's more funny that something else :lol:

and a lot of photos you have!!!!

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

Jesús E. Salgado

· #20 · Jun 17, 2009

The best steak I have ever eaten was in Hermosillo in the Motel La Siesta on the northern part driving to Benjamín Hill.

¿Have you checked the pictures of Hermosillo?, I included in the forum about México. I have visited almost all the towns of the great state of Sonora.

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