Hermosillo is the capital of the state of Sonora, México. 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 estimated 2004 population was 689,902. The city is served by Ignacio L. Pesqueira International Airport (airport code HMO).
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. It has consistently been rated as one of Ford's highest quality plants. Continuing this tradition, the Ford Fusion was recently named top of its class in quality and has been described as 'the best built Ford sedan ever'.
DemographicsAs of the census of 2004, there were 689,902 people living in the city of Hermosillo.
The racial makeup of the city was 70% White/European, 28% Mestizo and Amerindian, 1% Chinese. There are also many Americans, Canadians, Filipinos, Koreans, Japanese and Pacific Islanders.
Universities SportThe city's baseball team is the Naranjeros. The city had an American Basketball Association team, the Hermosillo Seris.On January 26,2007 the Naranjeros won their 14th title in history being the team with more titles in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP).
Sister citiesHermosillo has two sister cities:[1]
