Editing Navojoa (section)

==History==
The city name derives from the native [[Mayo language]] meaning "cactus-house" (Navo"= [[Cactus]], "Jova"= House). The valley has been continuously inhabited since pre-Hispanic times by the [[Mayo people]].
[[Image:Iglesia del Sagrado Corazon Navojoa Sonora.jpg|thumb|Iglesia del Sagrado Corazon]]

In September 1536, [[Diego de Guzmán]], a Spaniard, became the first known European to reach the valley. The first [[Jesuit]] missionaries started settling in the region in 1614, founding '''Mission Santa Catalina Camoa'''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eckhart |first1=George B. |title=A Guide to the History of the Missions of Sonora, 1614-1826 |journal=Arizona and the West |date=1960 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=165–183 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40167019 |access-date=1 May 2024 |issn=0004-1408}}</ref> Several [[geoglyphs]] from the Mayo tribe can be found along the Mayo River.

Due to the city's distant location from [[Mexico City]], the difficult times of Mexico's independence in the early 19th century were largely absent from the region. However, the city had some importance after the [[Mexican Revolution]] of 1910. The Mexican Revolutionary [[Álvaro Obregón]] was born in [[Hacienda Siquisiva]], a small town near Navojoa. Álvaro Obregón became [[president of Mexico]] after the revolt and initiated an  in the Mayo/Yaqui Valley, introducing modern agricultural techniques and making this valley one of the most prosperous agricultural regions in Mexico.