Sonora is one of the 31 states, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 states of Mexico. Located in the northwest region of the country. He is known for its beaches and desert features. Its capital and largest city is Hermosillo. There are two theories about the origin of the name Sonora, the first comes from Opata Xunuta, Place of corn, the second comes from the Tohono O’odham (Papago), Sonota, which means instead of plants. It borders the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa and Baja California south to the northwest, north shares a long border with the state of Arizona and a smaller one in New Mexico with the United States and to the west adjacent to the Sea Cortez or Gulf of California.

The state is divided into 72 municipalities and is in second place nationally in extension (the first place has Chihuahua), with 9.2%

Mexico is a country located in North America, bordering with the United States, Guatemala and Belize to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea to the east. He is the third largest country in Latin America and also the country’s most lots speak Spanish. The name is taken from the name of the state capital, which comes from the name of the ancient Aztec capital of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Mexi is partly Mexitli name, the name of the god of war, while co meaningful ‘place’ and ca means to ‘people’. For nearly 3000 years, Mexico was the place of several advanced civilizations such as the Amerindian civilizations, the Maya and Aztec. The arrival of Spanish colonizers under the wise leadership of Hernan Cortes in the early 16th century, and their victory over the Aztecs in 1521, marking the beginning colonialism era in Mexico

Rocky Point (Puerto Pensacola) is a Mexican city of Sonora, located in the northwestern state on the coast of the Sea of Cortez. It is known for its fishing industry as both tourism. It is the most important tourist destination in the state of Sonora and one of the fastest growing tourist ports in Mexico. Prior to the 1920s, the region is only one safe haven for nomadic fishermen who worked on the Gulf of California. During the fishing season, fishermen from Guayas, Bahía Kino, Puerto Lobos Puerto Libertad and started coming here to camp. The main attraction for fishermen is to fish totoaba called, the fishing is not for meat but its use in treatment. At this time the area was known as Punta de Piedra o Punta Peñasco. The name comes from a large amount of solid lava that struck the Gulf.

Even since the 19th