[4] The municipality of Granados lies at an elevation between 400 and 1,900 metres (1,300–6,200 ft) in the Sierra Madre Occidental in eastern Sonora.

It borders the municipalities of Huásabas to the north, Bacadéhuachi to the east, Divisaderos to the south, and Moctezuma to the west.

[6] The land cover in Granados mainly comprises subtropical forest (67%), desert grassland (15%) and foothills thornscrub (13%).

[9] The settlement of Granados was founded in 1823 by members of the Durazo family from Moctezuma and their friend Ramón Arvizu.

[10] The municipal government of Granados comprises a president, a councillor (Spanish: síndico), and three trustees (regidores) elected by relative majority.