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=== City outskirts === ==== San Pedro el Saucito ==== The area of San Pedro el Saucito is situated in the Municipality of Hermosillo (in the state of Sonora). There are 2,938 inhabitants. San Pedro o el Saucito (San Pedro el Saucito) has an altitude of 250m.<ref>{{cite news |title=Información de localidad |url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/contenido.aspx?refnac=260300535 |work=Datos actuales |publisher=Microrregiones |year=2013 |access-date=December 22, 2016 |archive-date=February 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224185611/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/contenido.aspx?refnac=260300535 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==== Kino Bay ==== The beach is named in honor of Eusebio Francisco Kino, who visited the site during his mission work in the 17th century. An indigenous people called the Seri had lived here long before that. A group of fishermen landed on the beach in 1930 and founded what is now known as Kino Viejo.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sonoraturismo.gob.mx/playas/bahia-de-kino/ |title=BAHIA DE KINO {{!}} Visita Sonora |access-date=December 3, 2016 |website=sonoraturismo.gob.mx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330184854/http://sonoraturismo.gob.mx/playas/bahia-de-kino/ |archive-date=March 30, 2017 }}</ref> ==== Ethnic Museum of the Seris ==== The ethnic group known as the Seri call themselves "Comcaac," meaning "the People". They are now the least numerous indigenous group in Sonora. This museum dedicated to the Seri was created with the objective of understanding and disseminating knowledge of their history, political and social organization, language, demography, clothing, architecture, crafts, festivities, etc.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.isc.gob.mx/museodelosseris.php |title=Instituto Sonorense de Cultura |access-date=December 3, 2016 |website=isc.gob.mx}}</ref> ==== Tiburón Island ==== Listed as an ecological reserve, this island comprises an area of {{Convert|120,100|ha|acre}}, within which are the small islands of San Esteban, Turner and Patos.[''[[Wikipedia:Citation needed|citation needed]]''] Shark Island, the largest in the Republic, was inhabited by the Seris, who attributed to the place a high religious significance. Although at first glance the island does not seem more than a heavy rock in the middle of the sea, it has interesting natural attractions, such as the Sierras La Menor and Kunkaak, which cross it in almost its entire length to end both in the Tecomate Valley, which is Of stunning beauty. A large number of terrestrial plant species and some 63 marine plant species have been identified on the island. As for the animal species, about 205 sea and land birds, 31 reptile and amphibian species and a huge number of fish that inhabit the coast of the island have been registered.<ref>{{cite news | title = Shark Island, Sonora | url = http://www.turimexico.com/estados-de-la-republica-mexicana/sonora-mexico/ecoturismo-en-sonora/isla-tiburon-sonora/ | access-date = December 3, 2016 | newspaper = TuriMexico | language = es-MX}}</ref>
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