Transportation Border wall between the United States and Mexico in San Luis, Arizona. Maquila factories in San Luis Río Colorado include TSE Brakes, Daewoo Electronics, Bose, Flextronics, Yazaki, SANA International, and Gaming Partners International. Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Mexico's Meteorogical Service) The record low temperature is −6.5 ☌ (20.3 ☏), recorded on 2 January 1950. The record high temperature is 52.0 ☌ (125.6 ☏), recorded on 25 June 1951. San Luis Río Colorado has a desert climate ( Köppen climate classification BWh), with extremely hot summers and mild winters it is one of the hottest and driest cities in Mexico. Josse, a Mexican Latin beat singer recorded a song called "San Luis Río Colorado" as a tribute to the river. San Luis Río Colorado is home to four regional medium-wave radio broadcast stations, among them 1350 XELBL-AM, all of which are popular long-distance reception targets for medium wave DX radio enthusiasts. The Sears department store (formerly Dorian's) and 5 schools were destroyed, affecting approximately 30,000 people in the region. On Easter Sunday 2010, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the region.
The city is located on a mesa, characterized by a flat and sandy terrain. The once-formidable Colorado is usually dry or a small stream.Īwarded city status in July 1958, San Luis Río Colorado serves as the administrative center for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Since the early 1900s the Colorado has been completely or nearly completely drained for irrigation. San Luis Río Colorado was once an important inland port for steamers traveling the Colorado from the Gulf of California. The municipality covers an area of 8,412.75 km² (3,248.2 sq mi) in the Sonoran Desert.īefore Spanish colonization, the area now known as San Luis Río Colorado was inhabited by the indigenous people of Halyikwamai who lived in the San Luis Río Colorado region until the mid-19th century, merging with the Maricopa tribe. It also stands on the international border with the United States, adjacent to San Luis, Arizona. Lying in the northwestern corner of Sonora, the city marks the state border with Baja California. The city is the fourth-largest community in the state, and the municipality is also the fourth-largest in terms of population. In the 2020 census, the city had a population of 176,685.
San Luis Río Colorado is a city and also the name of its surrounding municipality in the state of Sonora, Mexico.
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