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Arizona Department

Coordinates: 30°37′44″N 110°51′18″W / 30.629°N 110.855°W / 30.629; -110.855
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Departamento de Arizona
Department of the Second Mexican Empire
1865—1867

Location of the Arizona Department (red) in the Second Mexican Empire.
CapitalAltar
Population 
• 
25,603 (1,865)
 • TypeEmpire
Historical eraSecond French intervention in Mexico
• Established
1865
• Disestablished
1867
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Sonora
Sonora
Today part ofMexico

The Arizona Department (1865—1867) was a department of the Second Mexican Empire, located in the present-day state of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico.

It was established by an imperial decree on March 3, 1865, which specified:[1]

Department of Arizona. Confined on the north with the United States. To the east and the south by the Department of Sonora. To the west by the Sea of Cortez and with the Department of California from which it is divided by the Colorado River. Its capital shall be Altar.

It was directly south of the U.S. Arizona Territory, the present-day U.S. state of Arizona. It was one among the 50 departments of the Second Mexican Empire and was administered by the prefect José Moreno Bustamante.[2] The population of the department in the year 1865 was 25,603.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Commons, Aurea, La división territorial del Segundo Imperio Mexicano, 1865 [artículo]". www.historicas.unam.mx. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. ^ Zulema Trejo (1 June 2012). Redes, facciones y liberalismo: Sonora 1850-1876. El Colegio de Sonora. ISBN 978-607-7775-63-8.
  3. ^ "Commons, Aurea, La división territorial del Segundo Imperio Mexicano, 1865 [artículo]". www.historicas.unam.mx. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

30°37′44″N 110°51′18″W / 30.629°N 110.855°W / 30.629; -110.855