Cananea

Cananea
City
Heroica Ciudad de Cananea
View of Cananea
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Ciudad del Cobre (Copper City)
Municipality of Cananea in Sonora
Cananea City of Cananea
Coordinates: 30°58′55″N 110°18′02″W / 30.98194°N 110.30056°W / 30.98194; -110.30056
Country	Mexico
State	Sonora
Municipality	Cananea
Government
• Type	Council-Manager Government
• Mayor of Cananea	Eduardo Quiroga Jiménez Independent-Nonpartisan
Elevation	1,620 m (5,310 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	31,560
Time zone	UTC-7 (MST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (No DST observed)
Postal code	84620 - 84635
Area code	645
Demonym	Cananense
Website	www.cananea.gob.mx

Cananea is a city in the Mexican state of Sonora, Northwestern Mexico. It is the seat of the Municipality of Cananea, in the vicinity of the U.S−Mexico border.

The population of the city was 31,560 as recorded by the 2010 census. The population of the municipality, which includes rural areas, was 32,936. The total area of the municipality is approximately 4,100 square kilometres (1,600 sq mi).