-Population: ~70,000
-Located in the northeastern corner of Sonora, adjoining the southeastern Arizona town of Douglas
-The town’s origins date back to its proximity to the railroad constructed in the late 1800’s by the Phelps Dodge corporation to transport copper to the United States from its mine in Nacozari, Mexico
-Originally established in 1899, became a municipality with its current name in 1916
-Agua Prieta has several maquiladoras, or cross-border factories, that assemble a variety of products such as window blinds and auto seatbelts