Sonora · Mexico
Guaymas
A Sonoran port that turned back the French.
- Population
- 117,253 (2020)
- Declared a city
- 1769
Then
- 1769
José Gálvez declares Guaymas a city.
- 1854
José María Yáñez beats back a French attack on July 13.
- 1911
A hurricane and storm surge kill some 500 people in October.
Now
Guaymas remains a working port on the Gulf of California.