While the territory of Sinaloa corresponds to that of the modern-day state of the same name, Sonora in the 1820s extended north over much of the territory of the current U.S. state of Arizona: as far as either the Río Gila or the Río Colorado (contradictory maps exist).
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1824 map (http://www.agn.gob.mx/archivos/mapa3.html), showing Sonora extending as far as the Colorado.
Y agradecerles a todos pues que hayan aguantado las seis horas que hemos estado aquĂ, y que tengan un poco de paciencia para lo que voy a decir.
Y que llega un momento —que es cuando la noche es más difĂcil— donde la tierra se cansa y necesita que esos hombres y mujeres la ayuden a vivir”.
Y que sabemos que esa lĂnea fronteriza cruza por un centro ceremonial de su pueblo.
the state was divided into two – the states of SonoraSonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest.
To the north Sonora borders the U.S. state of Arizona; to the west it borders the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez).
It is bordered by the states of Sonora to the north, Chihuahua to the northeast, Durango to the east, and Nayarit to the south.