Benito Juárez Municipality, Sonora

Benito Juárez is one of the 72 municipalities (municipios) of the Mexican state of Sonora.

The region was settled in the 1940s after the construction of the Angostura Dam and 151 members of the government division of irrigation were given land in the Mayo Valley in place of what would have been compensation with cash.

In 1943, the ex-employees settled in a place they later appropriately named "Colonia Irrigación" ("Irrigation Colony") and later it became dependent on the town (comisaría) Bacobampo until it itself became a town in 1947.

Another settlement in the region was called "Sube y Baja" ("up and down") populated by indigenous inhabitants.

[citation needed] In 1996, the region was incorporated into a municipality with the name of Benito Juárez.