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Wikipedia says:
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.
Industry is an important part of the city's economy. 114 companies have plants in the city, employing thousands of workers. Ford Motor Company has a plant there, assembling the Ford Fusion, Lincoln MKZ, and the Mercury Milan. Expansion of this plant is rumored, since it can now only build a maximum of about 300,000 of these cars per year, and some predict that demand will exceed that. This plant had formerly built the Ford Escort, Mercury Tracer, Ford Contour, Mercury Mystique, and other models. The city is served by Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport (airport code HMO). (...) more....
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The MEX 15 runs from Guaymas about 1,000km/621mi along the coast and then turns inland toward Tepic. Travellers can continue their trip from there to Guadalajara or Mexico City.
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