Quiriego

Quiriego is located east of Ciudad Obregón and is connected by dirt road with the main Federal Highway 15 at the village of Fundición.

[1] Neighboring municipalities are Rosario to the north, Álamos to the east, Navojoa and the state of Chihuahua to the south and Cajeme to the west.

[4] The name Quiriego comes from the Latin words in the liturgy of the mass "kirie" lord and "ego" I.

The municipal seat, Quiriego, was originally a ranch belonging to Francisco Javier Valenzuela in the last years of the eighteenth century.

Main crops are watermelon, sorghum, corn, beans, and grasses for cattle raising.