Sonora - Higher Education Institutions, Sonora in Popular Media

37º59N 120º22W, pop (2002e) 4400. County seat of Tuolumne Co, California, USA; located in the Sierra Nevada range; settled by Mexican miners (1848) and named after the state of Sonora in Mexico; gold rush town known as ‘Queen of the Southern Mines’; incorporated as a city, 1851; birthplace of Melvin M Belli and Garfield Bromley Oxnam; as the once profitable mines began to decline, the town developed as a transportation centre; Tuolumne County Museum and History Centre is housed in the former county jail (1866–1963); many historic buildings preserved; 16 km/10 mi to the E is Mi-Wuk Indian village.

Sonora
Location
Statistics
Capital	Hermosillo
Area	182,052 km² Ranked 2nd
Population (2005 census)	2,394,861 Ranked 19th
HDI (2004)	0.8163 - high Ranked 10th
Governor (2003-2009)	Eduardo Bours Castelo (PRI)
Federal Deputies	PRI/PVEM: 4 PAN: 3
Federal Senators	PAN: 2 PRI: 1
ISO 3166-2 Postal abbr.

Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest.

Higher Education Institutions

Instituto Tecnológico de Sonora (ITSON) Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo (ITH) Instituto Tecnológico de Nogales (ITN) Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Cajeme (ITESCA) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM-COB) Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM-CSN) Universidad de Sonora (UNISON) Universidad del Noroeste (UNO) Universidad Kino Universidad La Salle Noroeste (ULSA) Atelier Sonorense

Sonora in Popular Media

In Harry Turtledove's Southern Victory alternate history series, the Confederate States of America purchase Sonora from Mexico in 1881.